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Tigers' rally falls short in nightcap, open 0-3

Detroit — On the plus side, no one froze to death.

And, yes, there was that ninth-inning ruckus that spurred thoughts of Friday’s craziness and rallies that might deliver a minor Motown miracle.

But it all ended glumly for the winless Tigers as they lost both games of their Easter doubleheader against the Pirates at ice-cold Comerica Park.

The Pirates tore into Buck Farmer for five runs in the fifth inning of the evening contest, which turned a 3-3 game into an 8-3 runaway ahead of an 8-6 defeat Sunday.

One of the Tigers’ two later runs came in the sixth on their first home run of 2018, courtesy of Miguel Cabrera’s moon-grazing fly ball that ended up as a 383-foot homer into the right-field seats.