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Championship-caliber teams
do not let games like this happen—particularly not
over and over again. The Red Sox bullpen let
another near-certain victory slip away—collapsing in the eighth-inning of
an eventual 4-3 loss to the Tigers. Ahead 3-1 entering the bottom of the eighth, manager
John Farrell brought in
Junichi Tazawa—who has been a train wreck for weeks. True to form, he coughed up three earned runs, giving the lead back to the Tigers. Wasted was another fine start by
Clay Buchholz (6 IP, 1 ER) and another clutch HR by
Sandy 'Babe' Leon. Detroit's first run of the game came in after a controversial review that resulted in usually mild-mannered Sox third-base coach
Brian Butterfield being ejected from the game. Anyway, flush this one right down the toilet, Sox fans—it could
really stick in our craw on the final day of the regular season (if you catch our drift).
