The Detroit Tigers beat the Texas Rangers, 2-1, on May 9. Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal allowed two hits and struck out 12 in seven innings while taking a perfect game into the sixth inning.

The Detroit Tigers kept bending. But Javier Báez refused to let them break. The Tigers squandered four leads — 1-0, 2-1, 3-2 and 6-4 — across the first eight innings on May 13 against the ...