The Tigers have been on the long, hard road for a while now, under immense pressure since early September. After two tight playoff games in Seattle, nothing much has changed.
You didn’t think it was suddenly going to be clean and easy after all the Tigers have gone through, did you? Same final score in Game 2 Sunday night, same formula. This time, the Mariners got the late clutch hit, an eighth-inning RBI double by nemesis Julio Rodriguez, and beat the Tigers 3-2 to knot the series 1-1.