The Tigers left Detroit last week with four consecutive series victories to their credit. They return home reeling from a poor trip in which they dropped five of six games. The Tigers will try to reverse that trend during a six-game homestand that begins on Friday night against the struggling Houston Astros
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Detroit scored just seven runs during a four-game losing streak that was snapped by an 11-7 victory at Cleveland on Tuesday. The
hit a game-tying home run in the ninth inning of the series finale on Wednesday afternoon, then emerged with a 5-4, 10-inning victory. The Tigers made two errors that led to unearned runs. Javier Baez, Detroit’s automatic runner in the 10th, made a baserunning gaffe and got thrown out at second trying to retreat on a grounder to shortstop
You saw the mistakes,” Detroit manager A.J. Hinch said. “Too many mistakes. Pick a side of the ball and we didn’t do enough to win the game. This one got away because we put ourselves in a really tough spot.” Casey Mize (1-1, 3.98 ERA) will start the first game of the three-game weekend series against the Astros.
The right-hander lost for the first time in six starts this year on Saturday, when he gave up five runs and nine hits in 5 1/3 innings against the New York Yankees. The Yankees scored four runs in the third, a frame that featured a two-out, three-run homer from Anthony Rizzo
It’s frustrating, but I put myself in a bad spot,” Mize said. “I almost wriggled out of it and he hits a homer. It’s frustrating that I didn’t give us a chance to win. That’s the most frustrating thing. That’s what I try to do every time out and (Saturday) I didn’t do that.” Framber Valdez (1-1, 3.97), Houston’s scheduled Friday starter, is also coming off his roughest outing of the season.
He also allowed five runs and nine hits in 5 1/3 innings during a 5-0 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Saturday. The Astros’ manager felt Valdez’s outing was much better than it looked in the box score.
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