DETROIT – Many years from now, when Kyle Seager tells his young son, Crue, about the time he hit three home runs in one game at Comerica Park, the description and distance of that magical third willprobably have grown with time. The fact that it wasn’t going over the fence and probably should have been caught by Niko Goodrum won’t be mentioned. Of course, there is the little matter of the internet and video and the immediacy of Google searches.
Nevertheless, Seager’s three-homer night – the first of his career – helped the Mariners shrug off another suboptimal start from Yusei Kikuchi and roll to an 11-6 win over the Tigers, handing another loss to the worst team in baseball.