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Time to flip the script: Close-but-no-cigar losses starting to chafe at Tigers

(Photo: Gail Burton, AP)

Baltimore — Losing never takes a holiday.

It's 12 losses in 13 games now for the Tigers. This one, a 5-3 loss to the Orioles in a Memorial Day matinee at Camden Yards, was perhaps more galling because the game was almost presented as a gift to a team that sports the lowest winning percentage in the American League.

"We gave them runs again," said manager Ron Gardenhire, who was figuratively biting his tongue throughout his brief postgame news conference. "Routine plays. You just can't do that. We've said it over and over.