With the game tied and the new doubleheader rules in place, Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire brought in closer Joe Jimenez (0-1) to start the seventh.įreddy Galvis led off with a double, took third on Tucker Barnhart's single and scored on Akiyama's bouncer through the drawn-in infield. But his three-base error in right field with the bases loaded in the sixth inning allowed Detroit to tie the game.
The Reds-Tigers game was rained out Saturday.įormer Tigers player Nick Castellanos homered twice and drove in three runs for Cincinnati.
MLB recently decided to use doubleheaders of seven-inning games, which have been commonplace in the minor leagues and colleges, to help teams alleviate an expected crush of twinbills in the shortened, 60-day season caused by weather and virus-related postponements. The start of the game was delayed more than two hours because of rain. There was no seventh-inning stretch - or even fifth-inning break - in a game that took 2 hours, 26 minutes. It was strange from the start - the scoreboard at Comerica Park listed nine innings instead of the usual seven. 7-inning doubleheaders debut in MLB, Reds top Tigers 4-3ĭETROIT - In the opener of the first seven-inning doubleheader in Major League Baseball history, Shogo Akiyama hit an RBI single in the seventh that sent the Cincinnati Reds over the Detroit Tigers 4-3 Sunday.
