Detroit Tigers reliever Will Vest secured a shutout and notched his 18th save in a 1-0 win over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday. Vest pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning with a strikeout for his second ...

Then the Tigers’ two co-closers -- Kyle Finnegan and Will Vest -- closed it out with scoreless eighth and ninth innings.

Rookie Troy Melton retired the first 12 batters he faced as the Tigers allowed just two hits in a 1-0 win over the White Sox.

The importance of a good bullpen, and especially a reliable closer who can slam the door in the ninth inning, is often ...