Detroit — Niko Goodrum and Brandon Dixon both left the clubhouse without speaking to the media following the Tigers' ugly, 11-6 loss to the Seattle Mariners Tuesday night.
That left manager Tigers Ron Gardenhire to explain how they nearly collided on two fly balls with game-altering circumstances.
"You can't have plays like that if you want to win baseball games," Gardenhire said. "That play blows us up. It really did affect us for a few innings and we didn't ever really recover."
Before we delve into that, though, there's the matter of how the home run ball is threatening to destroy Matthew Boyd's breakout season.