Toronto — Music was playing in the Tigers clubhouse late Sunday afternoon, a loud mix of the usual Latin and hip-hop cuts that are theme-tunes on a day when the scoreboard cooperates.
The Tigers hadn't heard clubhouse melodies in two weeks. They instead had listened to other sounds, not always as upbeat, which earlier Sunday included a team conversation as the Tigers tried to settle minds rocked by an 11-game losing streak and by exile from a win-column they hadn't touched since June 17.
"Definitely, we've been through a lot," said Ron Gardenhire, the Tigers manager who had decided Sunday that a pregame team meeting big on therapy and empty of blame would be the best way to attack two weeks of losing.