Again, the Tigers pitcher got through three innings without giving up a hit. Again, he ran into a bit of trouble but came out of it giving up only a couple of runs, and again, the first reliever couldn’t keep the door shut, and again, the Tigers lose a game.

No biggie. Kenny Rogers looked good. He retired the first nine batters of the season. Hopefully, it won’t be like Rick Vaughn in Major League II. Anyway, he gave up two in the sixth, but got out of it. You have to figure on giving up three or four runs a game and hope your bats pull you out of it.

Anyway, Zach Miner gave up two in the seventh, and the bats never pulled anything out of anything. I don’t think the Tigers would have scored a run if the game went 20 innings, it was that bad. It just stinks that everyone is slumping to start the season. This team should average about six runs a game, and in two games, they have scored five.

The pitching isn’t bad, but Leyland can’t go to the bullpen like he used to with this Motley Crew. They’re all professionals, but the starter is going to have to go seven innings until he can at least get Fernando Rodney in the rotation. Regardless, the Tigers are 0-2 for the first time since 2003.

The worst part about it is that the Royals first two pitchers look better than Justin Verlander and Kenny Rogers. Hopefully, they will come back down to earth or this season could get mighty long.