DETROIT (AP) — 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…
DETROIT (AP) — Nick Castellanos, Tyler Alexander and the rest of the Reds and Tigers packed a lot of drama into seven innings.
At one point, Cincinnati starter Anthony DeSclafani forgot this game was supposed to be shorter.
“When the Tigers scored those three runs to tie the game in the sixth, I was thinking we still had three innings left to win the game,” DeSclafani said. “I forgot we were only playing seven. I don’t even remember the last time I played a seven-inning game.”
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 Reds past Detroit 4-3 Sunday.
Castellanos homered twice and drove in three runs for Cincinnati against his former team. But his three-base error in right field with the bases loaded in the sixth allowed Detroit to tie the game.
Reliever Tyler Alexander had kept the Tigers in it by striking out the first nine batters he faced, tying the American League record for consecutive strikeouts. His streak ended in the top of the sixth, one short of Tom Seaver’s major league record, when he hit Mike Moustakas with a 1-2 pitch.
