Detroit — Lose two, win two, lose two, repeat until dizzy. Every time it appears the Tigers might break their maddening cycle of recycling, they veer into another ditch.
This could be the deep ditch, the inescapable one. When the starting pitchers show improvement, they get outdueled. Or then they get slammed. And now it gets dire. It was Buck Farmer’s turn for the stand-in role Sunday and he get pounded by the Rays, a 9-1 loss that ranked among the Tigers’ most lethargic efforts of the year.
When it was over, the Father’s Day crowd of 36,442 filed out with little reaction.