Kahnle came on with the Tigers and Rangers locked in a scoreless battle in the bottom of the eighth inning. He proceeded to allow a double to Kyle Higashioka a walk to Josh Smith and then a two-run double to Corey Seager that proved to be the difference in the ballgame. After posting a 1.77 ERA through June, Kahnle has now allowed 14 runs over his last 3 1/3 innings of work, causing that ERA to balloon to 4.85.

Will Vest appeared to be unavailable tonight after throwing 32 pitches the previous two days. Pitching in a 1-0 game, Kahnle walked a batter with two outs, but he retired the other three guys he faced. He’ll likely get to rest Sunday after working back-to-back days, but West should be back if there’s a save chance.

Single, walk, single, triple, double. That’s how it went against Kahnle on a rare off night that took his ERA from 1.77 to 3.03. At least the one good thing here is that we know he wasn’t tipping his pitch.

It was Kahnle rather than Will Vest who came on to get this save. Yet, that’s likely because Vest came into this game in the seventh inning to face the top of the White Sox lineup and stayed on to pitch the eighth. He struck out three without allowing a base runner before Kahnle shut the door. In classic Kahnle fashion, he threw seven pitches and they were all changeups. Vest seems to still be first in line for saves in Detroit with Kahnle mixing in when the moment is right.