The Detroit Tigers have been struggling on the road this season, but last night's loss in the series opener against the Atlanta Braves may prove costly.

It isn't simply because the Braves are easily one of the best teams in baseball this year, specifically on their home turf, but because two key players didn't make it through the game: starting pitcher Casey Mize and utility man Javier Báez.

If someone blinked, they would have missed when Mize left the game in the third inning of his start, simply because to the naked eye it didn't look like anything had happened. Mize made a play on a shallow hit ball, returned to the mound, and then manager AJ Hinch was out there before you knew it.…