WORTH NOTING
The Tigers were 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position.
* Candelario was hit by a pitch on the side of his right knee in the third inning. Josh Tomlin's pitch may have struck the "funny bone" of the leg, which can't feel good in the cold.
Candelario went down but quickly popped back up and walked off the pain as he went to first.
Jeimer Candelario hit a RBI double to to left to tie the game at 1 in the seventh for the Tigers. It was his third double of the game. He's the first Tiger with three doubles in a game since J.D. Martinez on June 14, 2016 at the White Sox.
* Tigers shortstop Niko Goodrum surprised just about everybody in the stadium when he tagged up from first base on James McCann's fly ball to medium center field in the second inning. He was called out initially, but ruled safe after a review. Goodrum's risk ultimately didn't pay off, as he became one of many Tigers stranded in scoring position on Tuesday.
* Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire could have kept left-hander Leonys Martin in the game to face lefty Tyler Olson in the seventh inning. Instead, he used JaCoby Jones as a pinch-hitter, knowing the Indians would likely counter with right-hander Dan Otero.
Jones had a rough at-bat, going down on strikes in three pitches. After a foul ball, Jones looked at two called strikes from Otero.
The Detroit Tigers broke a 23-inning scoreless streak, but the one run they mustered in the seventh inning wasn't enough.
The Cleveland Indians retook the lead in the eighth inning on a solo home run by Roberto Perez to beat the Tigers 2-1 Tuesday night at Progressive Field.
Tigers reliever Alex Wilson, entering the game after starter Matthew Boyd had tossed seven strong innings, fell behind Perez with two balls. His third pitch, a fastball over the plate, was launched 400 feet into right-center by the Indians catcher.
Matthew Boyd allowed one run on three hits over seven innings. He walked one and struck out four. It?s the second game in which Boyd pitched well in a losing effort. He allowed one run on four hits over six innings in a 1-0 loss to the Royals on April 3.
Nicholas Castellanos was 0-for-3 with a walk. ? Niko Goodrum went 1-for-4. ? James McCann went 0-for-3 and is batting .071 (1-for-14) on the road trip?. Dixon Machado finished 0-for-4.
It was the fourth time in 10 games this season the Tigers have lost a game where they allowed two runs or less. No team in the designated-hitter era has earned that distinction, according to MLB.com.
The Tigers have now lost nine straight to the Indians, scoring three runs or less in all of those games.
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