This did not go as planned. The Detroit Tigers eventually took a lead after struggling with A’s starter J.T. Ginn early on in Monday night’s series opener out west. Unfortunately, a combination of bad defense and a rough finishto Tarik Skubal’s outing led to a fairly shocking loss.

The Tigers were travelling to West Sacramento for the first time to do battle with the Athletics at venerable old Sutter Health Park on Monday night. The A’s won’t be moving to Las Vegas to their new park until 2028, so it was good to get a look at the place. Coming off a run that saw the Tigers shake off their slump and bury the rest of the AL Central for good, we looked for more of the patience and long at-bats they’ve put together through most of August. We didn’t get that much of it, and we certainly didn’t

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