SEATTLE — The day began with one of the Detroit Tigers’ trade chips getting scratched from the starting lineup, continued with another putting them in position for a much-needed win, and should have finished with another slamming the door.
Instead, Sunday ended, predictably, with another loss.
In perhaps Matthew Boyd’s final start in a Tigers uniform — with a horde of family and friends from his nearby hometown of Mercer Island, Washington, in attendance — the team again lost in gut-wrenching fashion, left to wonder when a break will next go their way.
“A break is going to go our way in one of these ballgames, and it’s going to work out for us,” manager Ron Gardenhire said.