There's likely several things the Tigers would like to take back from Wednesday's game.
But since the Tigers can't take anything back, they're stuck with a 7-6 loss, their second straight to the Chicago White Sox.
It also meant the Tigers are 17-11 and could not take advantage of Kansas City's 10-3 loss to Cleveland so the Royals are 17-10 and remain a half-game ahead in the Central Division.
It was actually looking good until the bottom of the eighth inning, which began with the Tigers leading 6-3.
Joba Chamberlain started the inning and got two quick outs.
Then the wheels fell off.
Micah Johnson started it off with a single. Adam Eaton followed with one that glanced off the glove of third baseman Nick Castellanos.
That opened the door for Melky Cabrera, who launched a game-tying, three-run home run.
By the time the inning ended, the White Sox led, 7-6, after they had recorded six straight hits (five singles, one home run) against Chamberlain.
"I saw six straight hits so I'm not going to dissect it at this moment but obviously that was the key to the game," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus told FOX Sports Detroit's Justin White.
Chamberlain said he felt great coming into the game.
"The frustrating part is if you start walking guys and give up the big hit, you did it to yourself," Chamberlain told White. "They went up and had good at-bats. At the end of the day, you gotta tip your cap for them doing their job. Obviously it's frustrating to give this away."
Castellanos blamed himself for not being able to hang onto Eaton's ball.
"It's a hard-hit line drive but catchable," Castellanos told White. "I should have caught it. If I catch that line drive, we're out of there with a three-run lead with (Joakim) Soria coming in to close the game."
FOX Sports Detroit analysts Rod Allen and Craig Monroe saw it another way.
"He's still not using his fastball enough for me," Allen said on the post-game show. "A lot of sliders today. Most of the pitches that were hit in the eighth inning were sliders, they were hanging sliders. Just not good pitches for Joba. Joba should use his fastball a little bit more effectively."
FOX Sports Detroit's Mickey York laid out the numbers.
In 2014, Chamberlain threw 44.1 percent fastballs and 33.5 percent sliders.
So far in 2015, Chamberlain is throwing 43.8 percent sliders and just 40 percent fastballs.
"Joba is throwing a lot of breaking balls and as a hitter, I'm going to sit on that pitch because I know that's the pitch he's going to try to get me out with," Monroe said. "If he's locating the fastball, that makes that slider look that much better."
The Tigers probably wish they could have scored more than five runs against White Sox ace Chris Sale, who was uncharacteristically wild, walking five in 5 1/3 innings.
But Alfredo Simon also had trouble with his command, especially of his split, and only lasted five innings. He managed to hold the White Sox to three innings despite walking four.
"It's not working today," Simon told White. "Sometimes that happens. Just try to fix it next time that I'm gonna pitch."
To put the final bow on it, the Tigers blew a chance to tie the game in the ninth inning.
Castellanos had a one-out single and Andrew Romine pinch ran for him.
Catcher James McCann hit a single to right field but took a wide turn and McCann was out trying to get back to first base.
So instead of runners at the corners, one out, the Tigers had a runner at third with two outs.
"You ask me that situation before the game, I give you the right answer," McCann told White. "When it happened in the game, I was over-aggressive and it's a different ballgame if I'm not over-aggressive in that situation."
But there were plenty of mistakes the Tigers made and they all led to a bad loss.
"They played a good game to come back but at the same time it's hard not to feel that we beat ourselves," McCann said.
