The Detroit Tigers have suffered yet another loss to their lineup.
UTIL Harold Castro has been placed on the 10-day injured list after suffering a left hamstring strain.
He left Tuesday’s game against the White Sox after appearing to sustain the injury while running out his 5th inning grounder. The Venezuelan native has a .276 batting average in 29 plate appearances this season for the Tigers.
BONUS CONTENT: The Tigers join other Michigan teams with lengthy skids against a single opponent
The Detroit Tigers now unfortunately hold the distinction of having lost 20 in a row to their division rivals, the Cleveland Indians after last night’s 8-5 setback. The streak dates back to last April.
The streak is now the 2nd longest that one team has had an opponent’s number in MLB history, matched only by the 23 game winning streak that the Baltimore Orioles held over the Kansas City Royals from May of 1969 to August of 1970.
But the Tigers aren’t the only team in Michigan to have a frustrating losing skid against an opponent. Let’s take a look at a few other streaks of futility:
Detroit Red Wings 16 game losing skid to the Tampa Bay Lightning
Prior to the Detroit Red Wings finally defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning in a shootout on March 8, they’d gone a whopping 16 games without a victory against their Atlantic Division rivals. And that’s not including the two playoff series that Tampa Bay prevailed over Detroit in 2015 and 2016.
Prior to the March 8 win (which was Detroit’s final win of the 2019-20 season before the COVID-19 shutdown), it was October of 2015 at Joe Louis Arena that they were able to earn two points over the Lightning.
Detroit Lions losing streak at Lambeau Field against the Green Bay Packers
The Detroit Lions streak of futility in the frozen tundra of Green Bay was well documented. In fact, prior to their November 2015 triumph over the Packers at Lambeau Field, it had been 24 straight defeats at the home of the Green Bay Packers.
