Detroit — It's gone beyond frustrating now. It's reached the quicksand phase. You know, where the harder you try to climb out the deeper you sink.
"We're in the trenches together," manager AJ Hinch said Sunday after the Tigers' offensive futility continued in a 4-0 loss to the Central Division-leading Kansas City Royals at Comerica Park. "It's aggravating, it's maddening, it's frustrating, it's everything you can think of.
"We're not going to accept it. It's not something the guys are just blowing off. We're trying to find solutions. But the harder you try and you don't get the results, it continues to weigh on guys.