CLEVELAND — Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch climbed out of the dugout after right-handed reliever Tommy Kahnle walked Cleveland Guardians nine-hole hitter Austin Hedges with two outs in the seventh inning.

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Surely, Hinch would deploy one of his two left-handed relievers — Tyler Holton or Brant Hurter — to face the Guardians' pesky, contact-driven leadoff hitter. The Tigers needed that left-on-left matchup to get the out and keep their comeback hopes alive. JEFF SEIDEL: Tigers' implosion continues, can only blame themselves for giving up AL Central lead

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Instead of a lefty, Hinch summoned right-handed reliever Kyle Finnegan .

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