MILWAUKEE -- For a couple fleeting moments, the Tigers looked ready to play spoilers in the Brewers' division race. The opportunity eluded their grasp like the Ryan Braun drive in and out of Nicholas Castellanos' glove at the right-field fence.
With that unlikely eighth-inning home run, the Brewers had the lead they needed for a 6-5 win Friday night at Miller Park. And the Tigers, their late-inning magic briefly re-ignited, were left with another end-game frustration in a rebuilding season.
The Tigers, held dormant after a five-single, three-run outburst in the first inning, came to life in the top of the eighth with Dawel Lugo's first Major League home run.