Another rough performance from a starting pitcher and some sloppy play saw the Detroit Tigers swept on Wednesday night in Sacramento. The were pretty snakebitten at the plate, but the A’s jumped all over Casey Mize early, and the Tigers never threatened to make a game of it. The loss dropped them a half game back of the American League leading Toronto Blue Jays, who rallied to beat the Twins.

Things did not look very good from the start. The Tigers went down in order in the first with Luis Morales needing only 10 pitches. Then Casey Mize immediately got into trouble.

Mize gave up a leadoff single to Nick Kurtz after getting ahead of him, and then walked Shea Langeliers. He bounced back with a pair of good heaters and a slider down and away to punch out Brent Rooker swinging. However, aga

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