New York — It was crazy, and it was colorful.
And for the Tigers it was nonetheless a loss.
After taking a 3-0 lead and watching Jordan Zimmermann pitch no-hit baseball for five innings, the Tigers watched it all wash away Friday night at Yankee Stadium as the Yankees clouted three sixth-inning homers, then rallied for three more runs in the eighth to pop the Tigers, 7-5.
In the Tigers' view — and as replay would seem to prove — there never should have been an eighth-inning rally.
Down a run to the Tigers, 5-4, the Yankees had runners at first and second with two out, both of which had come on Joe Jimenez strikeouts against Giancarlo Stanton and Miguel Andujar.