Detroit — Tucker Barnhart went home Sunday night and burned a bat. A sacrifice to the baseball gods after the Tigers were shut out for the eighth time this season, managing just two singles against the Blue Jays.
Somebody pulled the Macho Man WWE championship belt out of storage, too – the one Derek Holland bought last year to honor the pitcher of the game – and the Tigers decided to award it after home runs.
When you are the lowest scoring team in baseball and haven’t hit a home run in eight straight games, you pull out all the stops, right?