The Detroit Tigers clinched a playoff spot for the second consecutive season with a 2- 1 victory over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway park on Saturday afternoon. How they got there didn’t seem to matter to manager AJ Hinch and the players, who seemingly had their division title all but wrapped up before the All Star break, only to lose the division lead as the season drew to a close.

The Tigers held a 14 game lead in their division on July 7-8, and led by as much as 10 games on September 3, only to see the entire lead evaporate. Detroit posted a 7- 17 record in September, the worst ever for a playoff team, and the entire lead evaporated. It is the largest blown lead in the history of major league baseball.

They led Cleveland by 15-1/2 games, which is another major league record as the Guard

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