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Throughout their losing skid, the Tigers have made MLB history in multiple categories. In the last 13 games, the Tigers are the only team in the modern era to be outscored and outhit by 50 or more. Detroit is also the only MLB team in the modern era to have fewer than 25 extra base hits and to strike out 125 or more times in a 13-game span.
DETROIT -- Toronto Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk was injured after taking a foul ball off his mask in the second inning of Saturday’s game against the Detroit Tigers. Kirk was placed on the seven-day concussion injured list on Sunday.
The Detroit Tigers are historically bad. At least, they have been over the past 13 games entering Sunday's series finale against the Toronto Blue Jays at Comerica Park.
Meanwhile, the Tigers’ season is careening off track. Detroit has lost 10 of its last 11 games, including a six-game skid and scoring just one run over 20 innings at one point. Their offense (.207 average, .593 OPS) is quietly dropping like a rock
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The Detroit Tigers' offense has been stuck in a nasty funk the last few weeks and is getting one of their key sluggers back into the lineup.
We need you in the lineup,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch texted Triple-A Toledo's Kerry Carpenter on Saturday. He's playing in Detroit on Sunday.
Sunday morning, Kerry Carpenter came strolling into the clubhouse, preceding the announcement that his rehab assignment was over.
Tarik Skubal threw 6 scoreless innings (helped by a Matt Vierling web gem) but Tigers hitters mustered two hits in a 6-1 loss.
Riley Greene is willing to anything to break the Detroit Tigers out of their funk. So, he shaved his dark beard and left a mustache.
Detroit has lost 12 of its last 13 games, and it’s not just the record—it’s how they’ve lost. According to OptaStats, the Tigers are the only team in the modern era to go through a 13-game stretch where they were outscored by 50 or more runs, outhit by 50 or more hits, struck out at least 125 times, and managed fewer than 25 extra-base hits.
The Tigers are the only MLB team in the modern era to have a 13-game span where they: were outscored by 50 or more were outhit by 50 or more had fewer than 25 XBH struck out 125 or more times They came into this stretch with the best record in MLB. pic.twitter.com/M3Ezaf4dVB