Long day ends in lopsided defeat for Tigers

Chicago — Here was the Tigers’ 8-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox Friday night in a nutshell:

In the bottom of the third inning, the White Sox had two out and nobody on base — and scored three runs off Tigers starter Matthew Boyd.

In the top of the fourth, the Tigers had two runners in scoring position and nobody out — and couldn’t dent the plate off White Sox starter Mike Pelfrey.

The Tigers have lost five of six and are two games under .500.

But the whole day was aggravating for the Tigers. For the second time this week, they took a red-eye flight and got to their hotel in the wee hours on the day of a game, this time at 4 a.m. in Chicago on a day they were scheduled to play two games.

But…