Every team is a lion when the upcoming season schedule comes out, and for the San Francisco Giants, early games against the Royals and these Detroit Tigers were circled as opportunities to chow down and load up the win column.
Kansas City pulled the lion’s whiskers, poked its eyes, and starter Joey Wentz put the tail between its legs for 7 innings, before Nick Maton (assisted by a dumb, dumb, dumb play by David Villar at second base) shaved its mane with a 3-run homer in the 11th, sealing their 7-5 win.