Toronto — A nice round number, 10.
Unless, of course, it happens to be the length of a big-league team's losing streak.
That's the Tigers' relationship with a single digit, and if their offense doesn't do better Saturday against the Jays, it'll be an 11-game skid tied to a team from Detroit.
It was the usual story Friday at Rogers Centre in the first of a four-game series against the Jays.
Tigers starter Francisco Liriano was solid for six innings. He had only one bad inning, the fourth, when a two-run homer from Justin Smoak, followed by two skimpy singles sandwiched around a pair of walks were worth all three runs.