SEATTLE -- The Detroit Tigers haven't yet fallen into last place. And they are no farther from first place after Tuesday's game than they were before.
Yet it's impossible to ignore the sense that this season could be slipping away. On Tuesday, the Tigers suffered their fourth consecutive loss, this one in 10 innings to the Seattle Mariners.
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Could the composition of baseballs be sparking an increase in home runs? Verlander thinks so, and now he has others in his corner.