After two games against the Seattle Mariners, the Detroit Tigers are tied at 1-1.
The Tigers lost a close one Sunday night. Many Detroit fans, who had just finished watching the Detroit Lions beat Cincinnati 37-24, saw an exhausting contest between the Tigers and Mariners. This time, the Tigers came up short, 3-2, with Tarik Skubal giving up two home runs.
The Tigers’ pitching remains solid, but the bats are silent far too often. The Tigers’ batters keep falling behind in 0-2 counts and striking out. Fans keep waiting for the bats of Parker Meadows, Dillon Dingler, and a few others to come alive.
That being said, it’s something of a miracle the team has gotten this far after an abysmal second half of the season and losing first place it held for most of the year.
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