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Struck out the side!

Is McGonigle the Tigers’ best hitter?

Wings match last year’s points total at 86. Most they’ve had during this playoff drought was 91 two years ago when they lost out on the playoffs through the tiebreaker.

Wings win! Only the 7th loss for Buffalo in its past 44 games.

A Kane ENG seals it. 5-2 Wings with just over to go.

Wings survive the frantic remainder of the 2nd period. 3-1 Wings after 2. A win would get the Wings right back into the playoff race but the Sabres look fearsome.

Edvinsson hurt on a late hit

Tage Thompson blasts one. 3-1.

Make it 3!

Great leg save by Gibson on Dahlin.

Another powerplay goal! 2-0

Wings get an early powerplay goal in Buffalo. Need at least 3 points from today and tomorrow.

And seems odd to me that Mickey Lolich and Ozzie Smith were teammates on the 1978 Padres.

It's really hard to finish bottom 5. Look at the Wings' 2022 lineup. Would you have traded leading scorer Larkin? Maybe could have traded 2nd leading score Bertuzzi a year earlier. But not played Seider or Raymond? I don't think having Pius Suter, Sam Gagner, Robby Fabbri, Vladimir Namestnikov or Adam Erne propped up the roster. And yet the Wings still finished with 74 points, which was 11 points above 5th overall. https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/2022.html In 2023, the Wings finished with 80 points, which was 20 pts above 4th overall and 12th above 5th overall. But their 2nd and 3rd scorers were David Perron and Dominik Kubalik, it's not like the Wings were trying to ice a strong roster. https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/2023.html

6, of course.

And Sirius XM was only 1 pitch behind my TV today. So I’m fine using it going forward for when I’m audio only. If it was a full at bat behind I’d feel out of sync with the world. Here is a deeper dive into McGonigle’s at bats.

Chris Pittaro’s big moment, narrated by Eli Zaret, at the 2m 50s mark.

MLB.com used to offer one Free Game of the Day. I don’t see them doing that so far this year.

A new milestone in a bad way in the Wings are now no longer a win away from the playoff cut line. With NYI's win over Dallas last night, the Islanders are 3 up on the Wings, although the Wings do have 2 games in hand. The Wings also have to pass Ottawa and with Ottawa's OTL last night the Wings are 2 behind Ottawa with a game in hand - the Sens are way ahead on the tiebreaker. What a difference a week makes. Recall last Friday morning there were 6 teams with either 84 or 83 points: Montreal, Pittsburgh, Boston and Detroit with 84 and Columbus and NYI with 83. Since then Montreal has picked up 6 pts, Boston and Pittsburgh and Columbus and NYI have picked up 4 pts and the Wings are stuck on 84 pts with 0 points since then. Two NHL games tonight, one is irrelevant and the other is Wings at Sabres, where the Wings will be big underdogs.

The Wings lost long enough to accumulate enough top picks. Top 10 picks seven years in a row - two by Holland, five by Yzerman. Problem is only three are proven hits so far and none are superstars.

Only the 6th player since 1900 to get 4 hits in MLB debut on Opening Day.

Do you want to known what was the score of the Tigers game on Opening Day 1984?

Are his legs even bigger than before? That was my first thought watching today.

On the out of town scoreboard, Poland comes from behind and beats Albania 2-1!