Much as they did the entire first half, the Detroit Tigers are stumbling early in the second half of the season.
A three-run eighth-inning rally wasn't nearly enough for a comeback.
The Tigers — playing their first home game since July 6 — lost 8-4 to the Minnesota Twins in Saturday's series opener in front of 34,205 fans at Comerica Park. The offense scored three runs in the eighth, but the defense was responsible for four crucial mistakes, including two errors, in the seventh and eighth innings to spoil any chance of winning.
The first run for the Tigers (38-57) came in the sixth inning, when rookie Riley Greene injected life into the unproductive offense with a leadoff triple to the gap in right-center field off right-handed starter Joe Ryan.