Game 93 - New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers

April 22 at Comerica Park in Detroit, MI
Fox Sports Detroit

This game had a little bit of almost everything, including a snow shower in the top of the first inning.

That's a perfect graphic for that half inning because though the bases were loaded and he was already trailing 1-0, there were two outs and Detroit starter David Price had an 0-2 count on Chase Headley. Price would have a hard time getting strike and out No. 3, though. Headley singled in a run and later, Gregorio Petit, who came into the night with a .111/.150/.111 line, took a fast ball right down the middle and did what you're supposed to do with a fast ball right down the middle and he smashed it into the left-center field gap for a three-run double. The Yankees sent 11 batters to the plate and scored six times in the first against Price, who threw 51 pitches in the frame.

Adam Warren tried to give it all back, walking four of the first five batters he faced and allowing four runs on only one hit in the bottom half.

But while Price wasn't able to rebound (2 1/3 IP, 8 ER and 4 1/3 IP, 16 ER in last two starts against New York, both in Detroit), Warren was. The right-hander got into the sixth without allowing another run and the Yankees erupted for seven more in a 13-4 victory.

"If we get into a tight spot, we need to pitch around Gregorio Petit" - no one, until Wednesday night

After Price allowed consecutive triples to Carlos Beltran (it was a gift, he really doubled and took third on the throw home) and Headley, the Tigers decided to intentionally walk Petit. It worked, but that doesn't mean it wasn't the silliest thing I've seen since Wade Boggs mounted a horse following game six of the 1996 World Series.

I think now is as good a time as any to take a look at the official MLB rule book:

Rule 1 - Don't intentionally walk Gregorio Petit

Miguel Cabrera

The Tigers' first baseman went after Headley's sixth inning foul ball near the first base dugout and couldn't make the play

and I timed him getting back to his position. It took 24 seconds.

24!

Headley had to step out of the batter's box and wait for Cabrera to get ready for the next pitch, which added three extra seconds.

Before Wednesday we only had a home run trot tracker, but it's time to implement a how long it takes Miguel Cabrera to return to his position after not catching a foul pop up tracker.