Mariners 9, Tigers 3: Mariners Massacre Motown Men

Coming home, riding a season-best four-game streak of scoring at least six runs in a game, and going 3-1 in that streak, the Detroit Tigers fell flat to open their homestand as they got routed by the Seattle Mariners in a 9-3 beatdown. Matt Manning did not look sharp the second time through the order while George Kirby was dominant over a Tigers offense that once again went quiet after showing faint signs of life.

Matt Manning made it through the first inning with relative ease, but in the second inning, he hung a slider to Ty France, who deposited it over the wall in the right-centerfield corner. He got the remaining two outs in the second but then the wheels came off in the third. It…