Detroit — Entering Saturday's game in Oakland, the Tigers starters had allowed two runs or fewer in six straight games. As a unit, they've posted a 3.68 ERA while holding opponents to a .228 batting average.
Conversely, the bullpen has scuffled — 7.24 ERA, .266 opponent average, 1.6 WHIP with an untenable 31 walks in 51 innings.
You’d have thought it would be the other way around.
“It’s just the execution has not been there,” Tigers manager AJ Hinch said. “We just haven’t caught a rhythm in the bullpen yet to have some consistency.