Detroit – When something that hasn't happened hardly at all this season happens twice in a matter of days, twice in back-to-back at-bats, it's alarming.
Tigers reliever Alex Lange's curveball has been one of the best weapons in baseball this season. Opponents were hitting just .167 against it, swinging and missing 60% of the time.
But with the Tigers up 3-2 in the top of the seventh, the pitch betrayed him.
With one out in the seventh, left-handed hitting Adam Frazier lashed a curveball into the gap in right-center field for a triple. Abraham Toro, a switch-hitter also batting left-handed, hit the next pitch, another curveball from Lange, 403 feet into the seats in right field.