DETROIT -- The Tigers were a strike away from ending their losing streak and regaining their footing in the suddenly hot AL Central race, but Nacho Alvarez Jr.’s game-tying single and Jurickson Profar’s go-ahead single added new drama to Detroit’s late-season struggles. The Braves’ 6-5 win extended the Tigers’ losing streak to five and gave the Guardians, who play a doubleheader in Minnesota Saturday, a chance to potentially close the gap to one game.

Spencer Torkelson ’s go-ahead two-run home run in the seventh had not only given the Tigers a 5-3 lead, but seemingly a much-needed spark. Torkelson had talked earlier in the week about the Tigers still having their hunger from last season’s incredible run, but trying to turn it on and sustain it.

Alvarez, who hit his first Major League

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