The Tigers fought through their own mistakes throughout this one, and almost pulled the game out in the bottom of the ninth in spite of themselves. In the end, they fell 6-5 to Cleveland in the opener of this three-game set in Comerica Park.
All around this was just a sloppy game from the Tigers, although Cleveland didn’t cover themselves in glory either. Between errors—charged or otherwise—starter Spencer Turnbull fighting his command and paying no attention to runners, some miserable relief work, and the incessant bleating of a broadcast team that resembles two incredibly irritating Dads watching their kids play a Little League game, I found myself in a deeply grouchy mode taking it all in this evening.