You wanna know what was so cool about the past few days for the Detroit Tigers ?
Not only did right-hander Jack Flaherty win the opener of a critical three-game series against the American League West-leading Houston Astros – Flaherty tossed seven innings for the first time as a Tiger in a 10-0 win, on Monday, Aug.18.
Not only did the Tigers win a 10-inning nailbiter in the second game against Houston, a 1-0 thriller on Tuesday, August 19 – Gleyber Torres picked up his 500th career RBI on a walk-off walk, of all things.
Not only did they finish off the sweep with a 7-2 victory on Wednesday, Aug. 20 – winning the season series against Houston and clinching a tiebreaker for the AL's first-round bye if needed.
But beyond all that, there was something else, something behind the s