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- Updated: May 17, 2016
DETROIT — The Tigers lost 11 of 13 games before Monday’s 10-8 win over the Twins, and they lost those 11 in seemingly different fashion each time. Nothing compared with the eight-run lead they lost on Monday before coming back.
For that matter, few Tigers games in recent memory would have compared.
Not since May 8, 2004, when the Tigers saw a 10-run lead vanish in one inning at Texas, had Detroit blown as large of a lead as it did on Monday. The Tigers led by eight after the first inning, having knocked out Minnesota rookie Jose Berrios with six hits and four walks.
They had seemingly taken out two weeks of frustration on a Twins team they swept in Minnesota a few weeks back, but the lead didn’t last three hours.
“It was the type of game that is a nightmare, really, for a manager,” Brad Ausmus said, “because you have an eight-run lead, and by all realistic chances, you should win it. But until you get 27 outs, you haven’t won it.
“It’s tough for a pitcher and a catcher, because the pitcher has to attack hitters, because he doesn’t want to walk them. So a lot of times, the hitters have a better idea what’s coming in hitters’ counts. It’s a little bit of a delicate …
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