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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.
Will it make a difference that the Tigers play at home? Some argue home-field advantage doesn’t make a difference in baseball. Others say it does.
Clearly, the Seattle fans were 100 percent into the game—gasping, booing, and clapping after every single pitch.
The Tigers fans at Comerica Park are likely to be equally involved in the games at 4:08 p.m. Tuesday and 3:08 p.m. Wednesday.
“We get to go home and get to play in front of the best fans in baseball,” pitcher Tarik Skubal said after Sunday’s loss, according to the Detroit Free Press.
