The Latest Breaking News from Eduardo Rodriguez

SEATTLE — Just as the Seattle Mariners were finally starting to build some momentum — in the standings over the past two weeks, and at the plate late Friday — they quickly snapped back to reality at the worst possible moment.

DETROIT — That one went off-script in a hurry.

DETROIT — It might not look or feel like it when you’re sitting nine games under .500 and the oddsmakers give you a less than 3% chance of making the playoffs, but the Tigers weathered the storm that battered them throughout the month of June.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Only two more days left in this misbegotten month for the Tigers.

PITTSBURGH — As the Pirates plotted ways to dig themselves out of a sizable funk, with losses in 11 of 12 games entering Sunday’s series finale in Baltimore, this likely wasn’t a course they charted. Facing opening day starters in three of the four subsequent contests, it looked like a…

BALTIMORE — Sunday’s afternoon game at Camden Yards was a matchup of what could have been and what is. Two pitchers who share a last name, one whose days in an Oriole uniform never came and another for whom they are only beginning, dueled in a crowded Baltimore venue older…

After three disappointing seasons, Cody Bellinger is off to a hot start. If he’s available on the waiver wire, grab him.

DETROIT — Tigers lefty Eduardo Rodriguez, 30, made his 174th big-league start Tuesday in Game 2 of a doubleheader.

The Astros went deep in the heart of Texas, and the Tigers went down.

DETROIT — Finally.

SEATTLE — Spencer Torkelson walked through the clubhouse Tuesday morning carrying a well-worn bat. He was heading toward the batting cage. This was hours before the Tigers would fail to take advantage of a catcher pitching in the 10th inning and get walked off by the Mariners in the bottom…