West coast road trips, especially Anaheim visits to play against the Angels, have historically been brutal on the Detroit Tigers and Friday night’s game was a perfect demonstration of that fact. After dropping the first of the four-game series on Thursday after Matt Manning’s major league debut and a gritty fight by the good guys, L.A. unloaded on José Ureña to run away with an 11-3 victory.
At this point, the best the boys in the Olde English D can do is split the weekend series — a tall task for this team, especially given attrition the lineup has suffered by the brutal bite of the injury bug.