After several years among the league leaders in home run prevention, the Detroit pitching staff has begun to sink into the league's worst.
Despite Shane Greene's struggles on Tuesday evening, the Tigers still had a chance to win a game they eventually lost 11-9. Neftali Feliz was in a world of trouble, but if he could induce some weak contact he could escape the eighth inning and give the offense one last chance to win the game. Instead, Feliz served up a grand slam to Seattle's Franklin Gutierrez. It was a blow that the Tigers could not recover from.