Is it time to panic?

The Detroit Tigers are stumbling to the finish line, putting the American League Central in jeopardy with nine games remaining. They're still on track for the postseason — and even the AL Central crown — but nothing is guaranteed after being swept by the Cleveland Guardians in three games at Comerica Park.

For that, the Tigers have no one to blame but themselves.

"We got our ass kicked in pretty much every aspect, and they swept us," manager A.J. Hinch said Thursday, Sept. 18, after a 3-1 loss decided by superstar José Ramírez 's home run off rookie right-handed reliever Troy Melton in the seventh inning. "They're going to get another shot at us, or we're going to get another shot at them, whichever way you want to look at it." JEFF SEIDEL: Tigers' late

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