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Tigers 8, Nationals 6: A no-no to oh no

I know there’s no such thing as a “safe” lead in baseball, but in the sixth inning of this game the Tigers sure seemed to have things stacked in their favor. Matt Boyd was throwing a no-hitter, the Tigers were up by eight runs, and for a moment it felt like losing was impossible.

Friends, nothing is impossible in baseball.

But I’m getting ahead of myself, let’s see how the Tigers got to that sixth inning where things very quickly started to go wrong.

Things got going early as Zach McKinstry hit a leadoff home run in the first inning.