Detroit — The Tigers were twice just a few feet short of erasing an eight-run deficit Thursday afternoon. They were also one strike or one out short of even being in that deep hole.
Close don't count.
"It's not good to lose," Tigers third baseman Jeimer Candelario said after the Tigers were beaten by the Oakland Athletics, 8-6, in the rubber match of a three-game series at Comerica Park. "But the good thing we did today was we fought together. We fight back and we never give up.
"If we continue to play good ballgames, good things will happen.