Troubles vs. Tribe cost Tigers big this year

DETROIT — While the Indians stormed the field at Comerica Park after the final out of Monday’s 7-4 win, most of the Tigers filed down the dugout steps and into the clubhouse. They had little interest in watching Cleveland celebrate a division title on their turf in front of a horde of fans who drove up from Ohio to watch it.

J.D. Martinez lingered around a little bit and forced himself to take a look before heading back in.

“Just watching them out there, I remember thinking that should be us,” the outfielder said later. “This could easily, should easily … not discrediting them at all, because they’ve had an amazing season, but it could’ve been us.”

It wasn’t, because of what the Indians did against the Tigers this season. Monday was Cleveland’s 14th win in 16 meetings with Detroit this season, including 7-for-7 at Comerica Park.

And that’s the bitter part of it for the Tigers to digest.

“At the end of the day, it’s come down to them pretty much beating us, straight up,” Martinez continued. “I mean, we can sit here and talk about our injuries, talk about stuff that we’ve had, but they’ve had injuries as …

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