CLEVELAND — As a manager, you can push the right buttons and the pull the right strings and still get punched in the mouth.
It happened to the Tigers and AJ Hinch as the Guardians broke a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the seventh inning to take Game 1 of the doubleheader 4-1 at Progressive Field Monday.
Hinch had left-hander Andrew Chafin warm and ready for the pocket of hitters he'd planned to use him against. Namely switch-hitter Jose Ramirez, less dangerous hitting right-handed, and left-handed hitting Andres Gimenez.
