Did the Tigers do the right thing by using Jackson Jobe in the playoffs?

On Wednesday afternoon, the Detroit Tigers continued their incredible run by posting a 5-2 victory and sweeping the American League West champion Houston Astros out of the AL wild-card round. 

While much of the focus of the game will be on Detroit's eighth-inning comeback that resulted in four runs and erased a 2-1 Houston lead, eventually handing the Tigers the victory, it is also hard to overlook the only moments of the game where the Astros showed signs of life at the plate.

Jackson Jobe, the top pitching prospect in the Tigers' farm system, was called upon in the seventh inning with Detroit holding a 1-0 lead. The 22-year-old Jobe, who made his MLB debut on Sept. 25, had a total of 4.0 innings over two appearances before making his postseason debut on Wednesday.

Called upon to hold down a one-run lead inside Minute Maid Park, it was clear that Jobe had quickly earned the trust of Tigers manager A.J. Hinch. However, Jobe's appearance quickly unraveled.

In the end, Jobe recorded just one out while allowing two runs on two hits. It marked the only runs allowed by seven Detroit pitchers in Game 2 and gave Houston momentum after what had been a dreadful offensive showing to that point.

However, did Jobe truly struggle under the pressure in Houston? A deeper look into his outing reveals there may be more to the story than just the final numbers.

Let's take a look back at his outing, batter by batter.

Jobe hit the first batter he faced on the first pitch he threw, so that can certainly be credited to nerves. The next batter, Jeremy Pena, hit a single to center that had an exit velocity of 75 mph. Mauricio Dubon followed that with a bunt single to load the bases and turn up the pressure on Jobe.

However, Jobe did anything but fold under that pressure. While he may have loaded the bases, he also proceeded to make the pitches he needed to in order to get out of trouble. 

With the bases loaded, Jon Singleton hit a 2-2 pitch that was smothered by Spencer Torkelson between first and second base, but the throw home wasn't handled. What could have been a force out at home turned into the game-tying run for the Astros.