Is this the May that finally delivers a dose of hope for the Detroit Tigers?
The season’s second month has been full of disappointment over the past eight years, with only two winning Mays for the Tigers since the start of the 2015 season (both were virtual dead heats, with the Tigers finishing one game above .500 in 2018 and 2021).
But here we are, six games into May 2023, and the Tigers are 5-1 — and they were 12 outs from making it 6-0 on Sunday in St. Louis.
(If you turned off the game after Jake Rogers’ go-ahead sixth-inning grand slam with the intention of enjoying the suddenly summery weather, well, sorry to spoil it for you — but you can check out the dispatch from the Freep’s Evan Petzold.