BOSTON - After yesterday's loss, Detroit manager Jim Leyland was asked about the mood of his 0-7 Tigers.

"Obviously we're not playing good. We haven't won a game, so I don't know that the confidence level would be down. Probably the disappointment level, but like I said before, you can sit around, whatever people want to use [as an excuse]. How does the club feel? The club feels fine," said Leyland.

"We haven't won a game, so obviously we're not in the best of moods, but we've got to go out and earn it. We've got to go out, get some hits and score some runs," he said.

The Tigers are the only winless team remaining in the majors.

Leyland said he didn't think the lofty preseason expectations -- the Tigers were picked by many to win the World Series -- have anything to do with the 0-7 record.

"I've always believed that expectations are good," said Leyland. "When you have a lot of expectations, that means you've got a good team, and we've got a good team. So if it's weighing on [the players], you need to ask them, because it's not weighing on me."

The Red Sox still have a great deal of respect for Detroit's team, and they're as surprised as anyone by the Tigers' struggles.

"Anything can happen in April," said the Sox' David Ortiz with a shrug. "It's hard to believe, but this team will win games this year, and then it's on, baby."

"I would have never guessed that they would start that way," said Boston third baseman Mike Lowell. "I don't think the experts were wrong to pick them as a capable team. That's still a good team. You can't take them lightly at all. They're just not clicking. Hopefully they won't click for another two games."