After a beautifully pitched game from starter Beau Brieske, the Tigers watched it all slip away in a disastrous ninth inning performance from closer Gregory Soto, losing their fifth straight 3-1 to the Texas Rangers in the first of four from Comerica Park.
Beau Brieske has been getting away with low strikeout rates and a fairly scary home run rate in his rookie season, but it’s come together for him over the past couple outings as his slider has improved. He was very good in this one, but as usual, getting any run support at all was tough.