The prevailing message after Thursday’s gut-wrenching loss to the Miami Marlins was how it was important to “stick together.”
If ever a baseball team was going to fracture, the way the Tigers lost in the final inning with five unearned runs — to the worst team in the league — that could have been a time to begin pointing fingers and break apart.
But the Tigers insisted they wouldn’t, and the way they pulled out a 9-8 victory Friday in New York against the Mets was a prime example of character and fortitude.
The victory ended an ugly 9-game losing streak.