As the losing streak reached seven-plus games long, the Detroit Tigers’ fan base grew more and more restless. To add injury to insult, the hometown team dropped the first game of their series to the worst team — yes, there still are clubs below the boys from Detroit, at least in the stat columns — in baseball, being the Miami Marlins. At some point, something has got to give.
Wednesday night was not that night, as the Tigers lost 6-3.
The Tigers started off strong, scoring a run in each of the first three innings.