lordstanley

Astros lose. Tigers 5 games up on Houston for the bye with 17 games to go, plus the tiebreaker win. That SHOULD be safe. 6.5 games up on Seattle but with a tiebreaker loss.

Houston up 3-1 on Toronto in the 9th but the Jays have the bases loaded with 1 out. There are pro and cons regardless of who wins or loses, so I will just let it play out.

Ok, 9 is acceptable.

Tigers lead!

Bases loaded, none out. Now's the chance. I want at least 2 runs this inning.

I am cautiously optimistic that the Tigers have a 2nd starting pitcher again.

Parker parks one!

If the Guardians win tonight and tomorrow and the Tigers lose tonight and tomorrow, the Guardians will control their own destiny with respect to the division title.

The magic number over Cleveland is 11 The magic number over KC is now either 9 (when the league would recognize and the Tigers would celebrate) or 10 (Chas’ outright). So it’s 11 now.

Astros lose in the 12th! Tigers remain 4 up in the “race” for the bye.

Astros lose! Thank you, Yankees.

And to Edman’s point, Enns’ 3.31 ERA in 10 appearances for Baltimore is solid.

The division race is over. The Tigers could probably go 8-16 and still win in it with 88 wins, as KC isn’t going to go 19-6 to beat that or Cleveland go 20-7 to do so. Houston’s loss today is huge. They’re now 4.5 games behind the Tigers for the bye and the Tigers win the tiebreaker. Seattle is 6.5 games back of the Tigers but would win the tiebreaker. The math is a huge mountain for them.

Tigers win the game, the series!

So the Tigers are atop the AL again and if they win tomorrow they’ll be the 2nd MLB team to hit 80 wins, after only Milwaukee.

Tigers win!

Yazstremski did us a favor.

Veryzer always seemed greasy. Better suited to the Indians than the Tigers. He, and the Wings' Dan Maloney, were the two players for Detroit teams I disliked in the '70s

I’d say so. https://x.com/annieagar/status/1961176992851853418?s=61&t=don8lQTnTq5FKXq14p2GMw

And the home opener is against the Cardinals. Good, after what they did to us in 2006, let them stand there all stiff and bored and envious while the Tigers collect their 2025 World Series rings and raise a banner.

I'm not really worried. This whole series featuring this minor league ballpark seemed unreal. That said, just 4 games up on Houston now with 27 still to go, so let's snap to it.

I envy people who are sleeping soundly in the Eastern time zone for this series. It's right smack dab in my prime time.

Tigers are playing like minor leaguers.

3-0. Tigers starting pitchers can't do anything. Meanwhile the Jays, Red Sox, Yankees, Royals, Guardians, Astros and Mariners have all won already.

Loss. This game was a mess.