DETROIT -- The first sign that Tigers manager Brad Ausmus was trying different ideas to get his team out of its offensive slump came before his players got to the park Wednesday. Ausmus let them sleep in a bit before their getaway-day game against the Twins, arriving by noon for the 1:10 p.m. ET start.
"Just kind of 'show and go,'" Ausmus said, "but didn't have much of an effect."
The last sign came in the ninth inning, the Tigers on their way to a 4-1 loss but rallying, and James McCann due up against Minnesota closer Brandon Kintzler.