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Hard-working Tigers relieved to see streak end
- Updated: May 11, 2016
WASHINGTON — The Tigers ended their losing streak at seven games with Tuesday’s 5-4 win over the Nationals. They felt like it was coming, the way they had played the last few games.
They still weren’t ashamed to express a sense of relief.
“We started playing better and better the past three games,” Nick Castellanos said. “We played well the past three days, and it’s a relief that we were able to get this win.”
Considering what they had to encounter to finish it off, they were entitled to that.
The Tigers had to finish off four innings with a short bullpen that was going through a struggle of late, including 1 2/3 innings from Drew VerHagen through the middle of the Nationals’ lineup.
They had to pull off a perfect relay to the plate to deny Clint Robinson a second lead-changing pinch-hit in as many nights.
Last but not least, they had to show the fortitude to put the potential winning run on base with Bryce Harper and face Ryan Zimmerman, who had homered twice on the night, not to mention the leading hitter in the Majors after that in Daniel Murphy.
“You’re talking about a one-run game and you have to go through the …
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