A.J. Hinch Frustrated After Detroit Tigers Lose Series to Oakland Athletics

Hinch’s Reaction

After the game, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch expressed his frustration with the team’s performance.

“There’s always frustration when you don’t win a series when you’re in position to do it,” Hinch said. “They swung the bat a lot better than we did. We couldn’t get our A-swing off very easily.”

Hinch also commented on the difficulties his team faced against the Athletics’ pitching.

“You shouldn’t have to be perfect,” he said. “With him spraying the ball quite a bit, the velocity was really tough on us, we just didn’t get a hit at the time in which we really needed it. Early in the game, we didn’t get very many hits at all. We worked a couple of walks. It’s a fine line between being disciplined and being ready for the middle-middle miss.”