Athletics 7, Tigers 0: The lumber slumbers through another weak offensive performance

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ImagesThe script is simple, but consistent. The Detroit Tigers do not hit on the west coast, and they proved it again on Saturday, getting dominated by a fifth starter type while Casey Mize was victimized by the long ball en route to a 7-0 loss, their third straight.

Things went poorly from the start in this one. Robbie Grossman led off the game with a single, but the next three Tigers hitters went quietly in the top of the first. Casey Mize quickly racked up two outs in the bottom half of the frame, then surrendered a solo shot to Matt Olson on a fastball at the top of the zone. It was more of the same in the second inning, as Mize collected two outs,…