West Sacramento, Calif. – Maybe it’s best to edit this entire series out of the Tigers’ year-end review. Just delete the footage. Flush the memory. Forget any of this ever happened.

If it were only that simple.

They ran into a young, enthusiastic and talented Athletics team playing its best baseball of the season and countered with three subpar performances rife with physical and mental misplays.

Predictably, the Tigers were swept out of Sacramento, losing the finale to the Athletics Wednesday, 7-0 at Sutter Health Park.

It’s four straight losses overall and their lead over the Royals in the Central Division is down to 8.5, with a three-game series set this weekend at Kauffman Stadium.

The first two games of the series were close. They were never in contention Wednesday.

Casey Mize,

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