Kansas City, Mo. – Just when you thought this trip couldn’t get worse for the Tigers.

They, literally, couldn’t get out of Sacramento quick enough.

But after losing three miserable games to the Athletics in their temporary Triple-A home field, they got stuck at the airport trying to leave.

They were scheduled to fly out of Sacramento Thursday morning but, because of mechanical issues, ended up sitting in the plane on the tarmac for six hours. They didn’t arrive in Kansas City until 10 p.m.

Some off day.

“It wasn’t a great travel day,” manager AJ Hinch said. “But it’s OK. It’s part of the things behind the scenes that unless somebody told you, nobody would’ve mention it. We got to the next city and we’re ready to play.

“We had a lot of bonding time.”

Then they fell behind the Royals

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