DETROIT (AP) – When the Detroit Tigers won the AL Central every year from 2011-14, the title often seemed to come down to a handful of head-to-head matchups between the champions and their closest challengers. The Tigers consistently won those games during that impressive stretch, but so far this year, the roles are reversed. Detroit’s 9-3 loss to Cleveland on Sunday dropped the Tigers to 0-9 against the first-place Indians this season. Cleveland has outscored the Tigers 60-20 in those games, and because of that ineptitude against the AL Central’s top team, Detroit is seven games out of first place as it heads into a series against Miami starting tonight with pre-game at 6:45 p.m. on 97.7 WTGV-FM. Mike Pelfrey is set to start tonight’s series opener in Detroit for the Tigers. The Marlins will counter with left-hander Adam Conley.
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