Toronto — You better bring your hitting shoes when you come up here to play the bashing Blue Jays. On most nights, anything less than five runs is going to get you beat.
The Tigers didn't quite get there Thursday, try as they might, losing the first of a four-game series against the Blue Jays, 5-3 at Rogers Centre.
Down 4-2 in the eighth inning, they loaded the bases with no outs against right-handed reliever Yimi Garcia. Victor Reyes, who delivered the game-winning hit in the ninth on Wednesday, led off with a double.
He inexplicably stayed at second when a bloop by Robbie Grossman fell in shallow left after shortstop Bo Bichette and left fielder Teoscar Hernandez collided.