Cleveland Guardians at Detroit Tigers

The Tigers don’t always play close games against the Guardians. It just feels that way. “I’m sure there was a game in the last handful of years that wasn’t this way,” manager A.J. Hinch said after Detroit’s 6-4 win Tuesday night at Comerica Park, “but man, I can’t remember it.” As Tigers closer Kenley Jansen struggled to get his cutter into the strike zone, it felt like fate. Ball four to José Ramírez brought the potential tying run to the plate in a game the Tigers led by four runs an inning earlier. Ball four to rookie pinch-hitter Angel Genao put the tying run on base. Jo Adell’s fly ball on Jansen’s next pitch brought groans from a few fans before James Outman camped under it in front of the right-field warning track for a sacrifice fly. Three pitches later, Travis Bazzana had a 3-0 count with the tying run at second, and the collective unease from the crowd of 30,709 hung heavier than the humidity. “Last time nervous \[was\