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Detroit Tigers can't hold off A's, or the rain, in suspended game

Free Press sports writer Anthony Fenech breaks down the Tigers' 6th straight loss, 4-1, to A's, an improvement. Filmed Saturday, May 18, 2019. Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press

They knew it was coming, they just didn’t know when it would get there.

As the early innings wore on in Sunday afternoon’s series finale between the Detroit Tigers and Oakland Athletics, manager Ron Gardenhire and his coaching staff had one eye on the field and another on the clock.

“We knew it was going to rain,” Gardenhire said.

When it finally did rain at Comerica Park, minutes shy of 3:29 p.