Starting to get worried here.

I mean it’s only five games, but the Tigers are now officially the last team to get a win. That is, assuming they get a win, which doesn’t look like it will be happening soon.

Dontrelle Willis gave up only one hit.

Which is good.

But he walked seven.

That is bad.

Zach Miner came in and, just like every first reliever before him, couldn’t get it done. He allowed all of Willis’ inherited runners to score, and then he tacked on one of his own, and before you knew it, a 3-0 Tiger lead (their first lead in seemingly forever) was blown, and the score was 4-3 White Sox.

It seemed like the whole team gave up right there, the White Sox added an insurance run in the eighth and took the game 5-3.

I’m not quite sure what to say here. I mean every season for the Tigers since 2004 has been more anticipated then the next. It went from being competitive in 2004 to supposedly having a winning record in 2005 to the addition of Kenny Rogers and a healthy Magglio Ordonez in 2006 to attempting to repeat as AL champs in 2007 to the best Tiger lineup ever assembled (or at least since Charlie Gehringer played) in 2008.

But this isn’t working out, and I’m not sure what they need at this point. What would be nice is a win to get them over the hump, because if it doesn’t come tomorrow, it only gets tougher as they face the Boston Red Sox in Boston in the World Series Champs’ home opener starting Tuesday.

Maybe a day off is what they need. Or maybe they need Crash Davis to give them a rainout a la “Bull Durham.” Whatever it is, they need a win to come and come soon. Even though it is a marathon as opposed to a sprint like every pundit and talking head always says, it’s hard to win a marathon if you are kneecapped in the first mile of the race…

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.