Jose Iglesias’s error proves costly in Tigers’ loss

"It was by no means a routine play, but it was the kind you could essentially pencil Jose Iglesias in for.

There was one out in the seventh inning, and the Tigers were clinging to a 2-1 lead in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series on Saturday night. Jonny Gomes had already reached on a double. Xander Bogaerts had worked his second walk of the night, and Jacoby Ellsbury was at the plate.

When Ellsbury sent a ball skipping up the middle, Iglesias’s mind was already on turning the double play that would have gotten them out of the inning.

“He hit it pretty good,” Iglesias said. “So I thought I had the double play.”

From the dugout, Tigers manager Jim Leyland was picturing the same thing.

“I think we could have,” Leyland said. “It was hit pretty hard, but that’s part of the game. I have no problem with that. Probably could have turned that, even though Ellsbury runs good. I think we doubled him once this series.”