Pittsburgh – You had to figure a regression to the mean was due. The Tigers produced 28 runs and 32 hits in the first two games of this series. It would be almost gluttonous to expect that trend to continue.
But just four hits? Against five different Pirates pitchers? Perhaps the regression went too far.
Or not.
The fourth Tigers hit came with two outs in the top of the eighth inning, an RBI single by Miguel Cabrera that scored Jonathan Schoop from second and gave the Tigers a 2-1 win and a sweep of the three-game series with the Pirates at PNC Park.