The Detroit Tigers were in a bad spot.

The Tigers and Kansas City Royals were tied, 3-3, with two runners on and no outs in the top of the seventh inning Friday, Aug. 22, at Comerica Park. So the Tigers summoned right-handed reliever Kyle Finnegan from the bullpen to clean up the mess.

It wasn't a save situation.

But it was the biggest moment of the game.

"The reason we do all the pitching the way that we do it is for games like this," manager A.J. Hinch said after Friday's game. "If we were just one-inning guys, that wouldn't be possible. If we were just identified as a seventh-inning guy, an eighth-inning guy, a ninth-inning guy, what an opportunity we would have missed to win this game." Expert MLB daily picks: Unique MLB betting insights only at USA TODAY IT'S A PARTY:

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