The Detroit Tigers’ season-high six-game winning streak came to an end Friday night against the Minnesota Twins. The Tigers fell 7-0 and looked nothing like the team that’s shown up for the past three series.
Tyler Alexander looked like he was on his way to a third-straight quality start early, but things began to fall apart in the third. After striking out Jake Cave, Alexander gave up a single to Jermaine Palacios, and Mark Contreras brought him in with a double into the gap in left-center. Detroit had a shot to get Palacios at the plate, but Riley Greene took a bad route to the ball and didn’t get the throw to the cut-off man quick enough to make the play.