The Detroit Tigers are ready to celebrate.

They're just not winning enough games.

The Tigers could've celebrated an American League Central championship with a three-game sweep of their series against the Cleveland Guardians at Comerica Park, but the Tigers lost the opener, 7-5, to the Guardians on Tuesday, Sept. 16. There won't be any celebration of Detroit's first AL Central crown since 2014 until Friday night at the earliest.

"You want to clinch at home," left-hander Tarik Skubal said before Tuesday's loss. "The only bad part is celebrating in your own clubhouse because it tends to get a little destroyed, but we can't worry about winning the division on Thursday if we don't win today's game, so we got to put on a good performance today and win." TROUBLE IN TIGERTOWN? Kerry C

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