DETROIT -- The Tigers picked up their first lead of the series against the Guardians with Colt Keith ’s second-inning RBI double Thursday afternoon at Comerica Park, but it might have come at a price. Keith left the game after grabbing at his back on his way home when Parker Meadows lined out to shortstop to end the inning.

Keith walked carefully back into the dugout at inning’s end, his hand still on his back. Zach McKinstry moved over from shortstop to replace Keith at third base, with Trey Sweeney entering the game at short. The Tigers later announced that Keith is undergoing evaluation for low back tightness.

It’s a potentially big loss for the Tigers, who need all the help they can get for the home stretch as they try to wrap up what would be their first AL Central title since 201

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