Tigers host Rays on 4-game home win streak
Digest more
The Guardians were one strike away from a huge win against Tarik Skubal and the Tigers. Then it fell apart in stunning fashion.
The Tigers completed a three-game series sweep of the Guardians at Progressive Field with a comeback victory reminiscent of their incredible late-season tear last year. Zach McKinstry’s mad dash home
The Guardians found another painful way to extend their season-high losing streak Sunday, falling 7-2 to the Detroit Tigers in 10 innings after a wild pitch from closer Emmanuel Clase allowed the tying run to score in the ninth.
Major League Baseball has rewarded the red-hot Detroit Tigers by adding another player to the American League All-Star Game roster, as utility player Zach McKinstry has been named as a replacement.
In the top of the ninth, against feared Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase, Spencer Torkelson reached after being hit by a pitch. Pinch-runner Zach McKinstry stole second, advanced to third on a groundout and then dashed home on an unfathomable two-strike, two-out wild pitch by Clase.
Less than 11 months after the Tigers had a 1-in-500 chance to make the postseson, FanGraphs now sees it as 499-in-500. Just don't tell A.J. Hinch.
2don MSN
SportsLine's model simulated Tampa Bay Rays vs. Detroit Tigers 10,000 times and revealed its MLB picks for Monday's matchup