Tigers not making most of stretch at home

DETROIT — Jose Valdez pitched in seven games for the Tigers last year, spending 38 days with the club. He dropped to Double-A Erie this season when Detroit designated him for assignment at the end of May. Yet as he finished the eighth inning for the Angels in Sunday’s 5-0 Tigers loss, fielding a Miguel Cabrera grounder and firing to first, he celebrated by whirling and pumping his fist on his way off the field at Comerica Park.

Cabrera stared at him on his way into the dugout. The look might well have summed up the Tigers’ weekend.

Saturday’s loss was overshadowed by ejections, four in as many innings by home-plate umpire Mike Everitt. On Sunday, with Everitt umpiring at third base and the Tigers at full strength, they were flummoxed by lefty starter Tyler Skaggs, who shut them down for six innings en route to Detroit being shut out for the ninth time this season.

Thus, less than 48 hours after the Tigers celebrated their fifth straight win, they lost two in a row to the Angels, who gave up one earned run in games started by Skaggs and Brett Oberholtzer.

“That just shows you how baseball can be,” said designated hitter Victor Martinez. “Last-place team came here …

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