Detroit – You can blame it on the squirrel if you want to, but more than anything superstitious, Michael Fulmer fell victim to some sub-par defensive work in a fatal seventh inning.
The St. Louis Cardinals scored five times in that inning, breaking up a scoreless tie, to salvage the final game of a three-game series with the Tigers, 5-2 Sunday.
Fulmer, with his fastball hitting 98 mph and his slider razor sharp, had been perfect through five innings. He lost both the perfect game (two walks) and the no-hitter (single by light-hitting back-up catcher Carson Kelly) in the sixth inning.