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MLive - GrandRapids/Muskegon/Kalamazoo on MSNTigers bullpen unravels again as Mariners complete sweepThe Tigers (59-38) have the best record in baseball, but limp into the break with a season-long four-game losing streak.
Detroit Tigers swept by Seattle Mariners in the final series before the MLB All-Star break, with the bullpen allowing 6 runs in 4 innings.
It certainly wasn't how they would have scripted it, going into the All-Star break on a four-game losing streak.
The Tigers look to make a hard push heading into the Midsummer Classic, as they hope to stay at the top of the Major League Baseball standings before Monday. They are riding high thanks to a stretch of good play, having swept the Cleveland Guardians, on the road, last weekend, before taking two of three from the Tampa Bay Rays earlier in the week.
The Mariners could not have asked for a better way to head into the All-Star break, clubbing five solo homers and finishing off a three-game sweep of the Tigers.
Pinch-hitter Jorge Polanco and Cole Young hit back-to-back homers in the top of the ninth, lifting the visiting Seattle Mariners to a three-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers with an 8-4 win on Sunday.
The Seattle Mariners take on the Detroit Tigers after Dominic Canzone had four hits against the Tigers on Saturday.
Cal Raleigh hit two more home runs during Seattle Mariners' rout of the Detroit Tigers and could accomplish a feat only Barry Bonds has reached.