The Detroit Tigers became Major League Baseball's latest team to clinch a playoff berth on Saturday with a 2-1 win over the Red Sox ( box score ). In turn, the Tigers will be making consecutive postseason appearances for the first time since 2013-14 -- that despite an abysmal final two months that saw them squander a seemingly insurmountable division lead.

The exact nature of Detroit's playoff berth is to be determined. The Tigers entered Saturday tied with the Cleveland Guardians for first place in the American League Central. That is a technical tie only, however, since the Guardians won the head-to-head season series against the Tigers, giving them the tiebreaker advantage. The Tigers can still win the AL Central -- the division that, mind you, they led by 10 games as recently as

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