No, it’s not Groundhog Day. The Detroit Tigers are just very bad and somehow managed to lose a game by the same score against the same opponent for a third-consecutive game. The Houston Astros secured the series win over the Tigers on Saturday by the familiar score of 3-2, and Detroit will need to break whatever curse was put upon them on Sunday to avoid the sweep.
In Friday’s loss, the offense was to blame after mustering just two hits, but this time it was the Tigers’ bullpen at fault. Michael Fulmer looked nothing like the shutdown reliever he’s been all season and painfully walked in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth.