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Ausmus calls Tigers' schedule 'awful'

Mark J. Rebilas / USA TODAY Sports

It's not just the Detroit Tigers' sub-.500 record that's getting to manager Brad Ausmus - it's also when they've been playing.

The Tigers lost their series opener Friday night against the Chicago White Sox on a day that was supposed to feature a doubleheader. The first game was rained out, and postponed until Saturday.

After arriving in Chicago early that morning following a four-game series in Houston, Ausmus was displeased with the postponement and the decision to move the doubleheader to the following day, according to the Detroit Free Press' Anthony Fenech.

"Yeah, I’m not real happy with it, to be honest with you. We got in at 4 a.m., we were supposed to have a doubleheader. They canceled the game because of the weather and we don't start the game until 8:30 and now we gotta get up in the morning again. So am I happy with it? No. I think it's awful, actually. I think it's a terrible schedule."

While the White Sox see the same turnaround due to the late game Friday - the start time was delayed due to weather - they at least had an off day Thursday. The Tigers have played on 11 consecutive days and don't have an off day of their own until Thursday, June 1.

Ausmus would have preferred a later date for the doubleheader.

"You can't control the weather but I think it would have been prudent to play the second game tomorrow in August," he said. "That would have made a lot more sense to me."

As the home team, the White Sox get to choose the makeup day.

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