The Detroit Tigers watched another winnable game slip through their fingers Wednesday night, falling 3-2 in 10 innings to the New York Mets on a walk-off single at Citi Field. Carson Benge delivered the decisive hit, driving home the free runner in the bottom of the 10th to hand the Tigers their seventh loss in eight games.

For a team that came into the game 7-18 on the road and 19-24 overall, this one stung particularly hard. The Tigers managed just one hit after the fifth inning and couldn't even advance the free runner in the 10th, let alone push a run across. It's the kind of offensive drought that makes every late-inning lead feel fragile.

Framber Valdez, making his first start after serving a five-game suspension for intentionally throwing at Boston's Trevor Story, was the story early. He was charged with two runs over 6.2 innings on 106 pitches, but he deserved better. Valdez was one out from escaping the seventh inning with a 2-1 lead when he walked No. 9 hitter Luis Torrens, then gave up an opposite-field bloop single to Benge. Righty Kyle Finnegan came on in relief, only to see Bo Bichette drop another jam-shot blooper into shallow center field to tie the game.

The early innings showed Valdez at his best. He gave up a run in the second, but a diving stop by third baseman Kevin McGonigle on Tyronne Taylor's RBI groundout limited the damage. In the third, two seeing-eye singles put runners on the corners with nobody out. Valdez got Bichette to tap a ball to first baseman Spencer Torkelson, who threw out the lead runner at the plate. Then came the highlight: Valdez struck out Juan Soto with a slider in the dirt, and Mark Vientos' long fly ball to center died in Matt Vierling's glove at the wall.

From there, Valdez didn't allow a hit until Benge's blooper in the seventh. He surrendered five hits total, all singles, and the Mets' average exit velocity on 18 balls in play was a meek 84.9 mph. The Tigers just couldn't give him enough support.

Riley Greene, who entered the game with the fourth-highest OPS in baseball since April 11 (1.078), collected three singles on the night and provided the spark early. But the offense went quiet when it mattered most, and another road game ended in frustration. For a team trying to find its footing, these close losses are the ones that leave a mark.