Detroit Tigers
Motor City patience with a late-game ignition switch
A dangerous opponent whenever the score stays close into the late innings.
Detroit beat Minnesota 11-6 in 12 innings after Spencer Torkelson homered and Javier Báez cleared the bases in a five-run 12th.
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Tigers 11, Twins 6: Detroit saved the fireworks for the 12th
Spencer Torkelson's two-run homer and Javier Báez's bases-clearing double finished a 12-inning win after Minnesota tied the game twice late.
Tigers 3, Guardians 0: Three runs locked the door
Keider Montero worked 6 1/3 scoreless innings, Eduardo Valencia homered, and Detroit beat Cleveland 3-0.
Guardians 6, Tigers 4: Cleveland kept answering
Cleveland scored twice in the first, fifth and seventh innings, and Detroit never found the big reply in a 6-4 Guardians win.
Mariners 4, Tigers 2: Woo made the middle quiet
Bryan Woo kept Detroit scoreless for seven innings, and Julio Rodriguez's three RBI gave Seattle enough margin to survive a two-run eighth.