DETROIT -- The Tigers were on the road for Players’ Weekend last week, so they had a one-night version they called Players’ Choice on Saturday.

Among the pregame festivities was a Jake Rogers lookalike contest, in which fans donned their best moustache -- some real, some fake -- for a chance at Tigers memorabilia. The winner bore a striking resemblance to the Detroit catcher, body frame included.

Rogers half-joked that he might sneak into the contest, but any thought of that ended when he was put in the starting lineup. By game’s end, Rogers looked like a Royals nemesis in providing RBIs with a double and a single, the latter for the eventual deciding run in a 4-2 victory that extended Detroit’s winning streak to five games, the longest current streak in the American League.

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