Tigers' Blaine Hardy: Struggling in most recent outings

Hardy has been roughed up in his last four appearances, giving up five runs in 3.1 innings.

Analysis:

Although only three of those runs were earned, the run total has signaled a rough patch for the Detroit reliever. Before these last four games, Hardy had only given up one run and eight hits in 10 innings pitched. During this skid, however, he's given up seven hits, two of which were long balls, inflating his WHIP from 1.00 to 1.35.