Umperors 1, Tigers 0

Another timeless and eternal baseball maxim was proved correct again today. 

You can't win 'em if you can't score 'em. 

Final: 3-2 Texas; the go-ahead and eventual winning run scoring in the 11th on a squeeze bunt that was really a foul ball missed by all four umperors. (That's strange ... they can hear players chirping in the dugout 60 feet away and identify them by name, but can't hear a foul ball whack off a guy's knee two feet in front of their faces.) 

So Drew Smyly has another no decision to go with his 1.13 ERA.

Hinge and Rugburn get booed every time they poke their heads out of the dugout. The Resident Managerial Genuis gets booed whenever he comes out to take the ball from yet another ineffective Tiger hurler. They're averaging four runs a game, which ain't gonna get it done in the American League. The 13-12 miracle win of two weeks ago, and the giddy euphoria it generated, have been forgotten, and the honeymoon is definitely over.