DETROIT — Colt Keith needed 199 plate appearances to hit his first home run of the year. He had been close before, belting a few balls to the wall.Had he played every game at Milwaukee’s American Family Field, Keith would have six home runs. In reality, Keith was stuck on zero.This troubling trend was part of a season gone wrong. Here was a promising young hitter, one many had pegged for a breakout season, and his power had been zapped into nothing.“That’s always in the back of your head,” Keith said.The zero finally turned over to one Thursday, when Keith belted a first-pitch changeup 419 feet over the right-field fence. Keith rounded the bases with a rare smile. As Keith circled the bags, someone — likely Gleyber Torres — piped up with a playful idea. The Tigers would ignore Keith when he returned to the dugout.“Someone said it after the homer,” rookie Kevin McGonigle said. “I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m all for it.’”So rather than experiencing a raucous celebration, Keith trotted down the steps to silence. Not even manager A.J. Hinch gave him much acknowledgment. Keith, playing the role of a good sport, pantomimed a trip down the usual high-five line anyway. As he neared the end of the dugout, his teammates finally rose from their seats, leaping and embracing him.“I was super happy, and that made me laugh more,” Keith said.The moment in an 11-0 victory against the Twins spoke volumes. With the bats suddenly alive, is this team’s personality being resurrected?“It’s good to see the boys having fun playing baseball again,” Andy Dirks said on the radio broadcast.Indeed, a good stretch of games can make May feel like a long time ago. Gaze into the future, and it’s even worth wondering whether the Tigers have enough to make this summer interesting after all. The work will have to be gritty — the team is still 11 games under .500 — but it’s not impossible.Tarik Skubal is going to return Saturday. Casey Mize, who has a 3.48 ERA since the start of last season, should return Sunday so long as he recovers well from his latest bullpen session. The Tigers are getting their team back, and with that come optimism and hard decisions.