Kansas City, Mo. — The Tigers, for the third time in four games, were bitten by a sudden and fatal crooked number.
It was a six-run eighth inning on Friday. A four-run third on Sunday. And at Kauffman Stadium Tuesday, they were done in by a five-run third inning in a 6-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals.
This one was baffling because Tigers starter Matthew Boyd had looked razor sharp in the first two innings. His slider was biting and two-seam fastball lively (topping out at 94-mph) and nipping corners on both sides of the plate.