Detroit — They beat the rain by minutes. They lost to the Royals by a run.
This is how baseball can go in April. The day is cold, the air is wet. The hits are few.
Elements that included some hearty pitching by two teams translated Tuesday into a 1-0 Royals victory, their first of the season, against a Tigers team (1-4) that now has been shut out twice by 1-0 scores.
“Wasn’t very pretty out there,” said Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire, “but both teams played in the same thing.”
Gardenhire conceded what every baseball player knows: “Weather’s a factor when you’re hitting.