Iglesias’ baserunning instincts maturing

DETROIT — Jose Iglesias has been a pretty big catalyst for the Tigers’ resurgence in the second half of the season. Iglesias really began to turn up the heat in Detroit’s recent road sweep of the Red Sox when he went 5-for-13, including a big home run to give the team momentum in the first game.

Iglesias’ success continued into the weekend series against the Astros with hits in each of the first two games, including a walk-off infield single Saturday night. One facet of Iglesias’ game that could be a little overlooked this season is his baserunning.

His improving baserunning instincts were put on display in Friday’s game when he went from first to third on an Ian Kinsler single that dropped in front of Jake Marisnick in shallow center field.

Kinsler was impressed by the read Iglesias got on that ball and the way he turned it on around second base when he realized it was going to …

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