The Detroit Tigers continue to struggle, scoring just a pair of wins so far in the month of May over a stretch of 12 games, quickly sinking the team to the bottom of the major league standings. AJ Hinch’s squad simply has not been able to figure out its last four opponents, which include the Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates (against whom they split a pair), Houston Astros and Oakland Athletics (against whom they dropped four of a five-game series).
Thursday night against the A’s, the Motor City Kitties kept it close until the late innings, taking a tied 3-3 game into the eighth inning after bouncing back from a rough Beau Brieske start, only to have Michael Fulmer cough up the go-ahead runs, resulting in a 5-3 loss.