Collins apologizes for gesture to Tigers fans

DETROIT — Tigers center fielder Tyler Collins lost a sixth-inning fly ball against the night sky at Comerica Park, which was ruled a double. And then he lost his composure. The play turned out to be irrelevant in the Tigers’ 7-3 win over the A’s, but his reaction that followed the miscue, Collins admitted, was an error in judgment.

“To be at home, and to hear boos after that play, hit a trigger inside of me,” Collins said of his inappropriate gesture to fans, “and I lashed out, completely inappropriately. I’m absolutely embarrassed that it happened, and I’m sorry to everyone in Detroit.”

Collins, who slammed his helmet after striking out to end the previous inning, was starting in center field in place of Anthony Gose. Marcus Semien led off the sixth with a high fly ball to shallow center. Collins never saw it, gesturing to teammates that he couldn’t find it. By the time left fielder Justin Upton got to the ball, it had fallen in. Semien rolled in to second base and took third once Upton mishandled the ball for an error.

The ensuing boos drew a reaction from Collins.

“It was frustration, just frustration,” Collins …

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