Detroit — It snowed earlier in the day. The temperature at first pitch was 36 degrees and a 15-mph wind was blowing out to left field. Not pleasant, by any means. But after postponements Saturday and Sunday and an off-day Monday, the Tigers finally played a baseball game Tuesday.
And, lo and behold, they ended a five-game losing streak with a 4-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles. It was the Tigers’ first win in nine days.
“It was a nice win,” Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire said. “We’d been waiting a pretty good while to get one.