(Photo: Daniel Mears, Detroit News)
Detroit — Fans wanting to take in live sports downtown on Thursday night had the unenviable choice of watching a matchup of bad baseball teams at Comerica Park or heading next door for the Lions' preseason opener against the New England Patriots, a game where most of the starters were likely to sit out the festivities.
But even with quarterback Matthew Stafford and running back Kerryon Johnson among the players tethered to the sideline, few could have guessed the lowly Tigers, owners of the worst offense in baseball, would easily outscore the Lions.