CLEVELAND — The Detroit Tigers benched their best hitter in the biggest moment.

Runners were on the corners with one out in the seventh inning, but instead of letting Riley Greene — a two-time All-Star who swings from the left side of the plate — face left-handed reliever Tim Herrin , manager A.J. Hinch sent up pinch-hitter Jahmai Jones .

The Tigers ended up losing, 6-1 , to the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday, Oct. 1, in Game 2 of the best-of-three American League wild-card series during the MLB postseason, forcing a winner-take-all Game 3.

"If you look at what Jahmai has done against lefties, we had to take the shot," Hinch said. "You saw the same game I did. Up to that point, we were at double-digit guys on base and almost all of them in scoring position. We needed the b

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