Detroit Tigers play sloppy and get crushed by New York Mets

NEW YORK – The Detroit Tigers experienced some all-too-familiar problems against the New York Mets . The injury-ravaged Tigers played sloppy, ugly baseball in an 10-2 blowout - their 11th loss in 16 games − on Tuesday, May 12. The Tigers gave the Mets too many walks, didn't play clean defensively, couldn't generate enough offense and ended up with catcher Jake Rogers on the mound again.

Yes, it was that bad. The Tigers committed two errors, but this one was the most costly: Third baseman Gage Workman, who was called up on Sunday, had a chance to get the Tigers out of trouble in the sixth inning with a double play but threw the ball into right field, leading to two runs and a hole that just kept getting bigger. To make it worse, the Tigers didn't get the big hit at the big moment, going 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position.

The struggling Mets (16-25), it should be pointed out, came into this game having lost three of their last four and they had scored six runs or more just two other times in their last 15. But they had 13 hits and six walks. The Tigers (19-23) will play the second game of this series on Wednesday night with Framber Valdez on the mound coming off a five-game suspension.

Flaherty gives up three runs Tigers manager A. J. Hinch joked with Jack Flaherty before his start on Tuesday.