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MLB Wild Card Fans Respond To Detroit Tigers Finding Offense, Eliminating Cleveland Guardians

Jeff Hawkins Written by Sports EditorJeff Hawkins
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MLB Wild Card Fans Respond To Detroit Tigers Finding Offense, Eliminating Cleveland Guardians

The Detroit Tigers waited for weeks to find their offense.

It finally appeared in the seventh inning of Thursday’s 6-3 victory over the Cleveland Guardians in Game 3 of the AL Wild Card Series.

Tigers hitters, who slumped during a sub-par September, went 4-for-5 with runners in scoring position to score five runs in the momentum-turning frame and break a 1-1 tie. It was a stark contrast to the first two games of the series. Before the seventh inning, the Tigers generated just three hits in their 23 at-bats with runners in scoring position.

The Tigers’ patience finally paid dividends.

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The Tigers blew a 15.5-game lead in the AL Central over the final few months of the regular season, but they rebounded to claim consecutive playoff series for the first time since 2012-13 …

The loss hurt Guardians manager Stephen Vogt …

Tigers manager AJ Hinch enjoyed different emotions …

Tigers slugger Kerry Carpenter opened the scoring Thursday …

Before sparking the offense, Tigers catcher Dillon Dingler displayed his defensive strength …

Dingler’s solo home run gave the Tigers a lead and started a rush of runs …

After struggling through the final weeks of the regular season and bouncing up and down the batting order, Wenceel Perez came through in the clutch and drove in the what proved to be the game-winning runs …

Tigers’ Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene capped the seventh-inning surge …

@BenVerlander wrote: “What a wild play.” The former Tigers farmhand was right as the Indians scored two eighth-inning runs. Will Vest, a former shortstop, missed the throw, but demonstrated why he changed positions …

Smooth Javy Baez …

Final score: Tigers 6, Guardians 3 …

Dillon, an Ohio native and a childhood fan of the Indians’ organization, spoke of his timely home run versus the Guardians …

The ALDS’ five-game schedule begins Saturday with Game 1 in Seattle. Game 3 transitions to Detroit …

Jeff Hawkins Written by Sports EditorJeff Hawkins
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry, in both print and digital media. He joined the Sportscasting team in 2021 following a decade of freelancing. He spent his early career as a reporter for various newspapers in Illinois, New York, Florida, North Carolina, and Michigan, with a particular emphasis as a beat reporter for the Chicago Blackhawks. Jeff earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from Oakland University. Over the course of his career he earned several sports writing awards, including two national awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors for column writing and news reporting. One of the five prized columns included a commentary on NASCAR's increasing corporate influences, particularly in northern racetracks — commentary which you might find Jeff building on as part of the Motorsports writing team at Sportscasting now.  
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