One game away! Detroit Tigers blank Cleveland in ALDS Game 3, 3-0, now a win from ALCS

[marmar]

(Detroit Free Press) Everybody was singing and chanting and waving orange towels.

“Let’s go, Tigers!” the Comerica Park playoff-record crowd chanted. “Let’s go, Tigers!”

Tyler Holton was on the mound. Ninth inning. Facing Austin Hedges.

Welcome to the first playoff game in Comerica Park in a decade.

And it didn’t disappoint.

Holton struck out Hedges. Fireworks went off. Smoke shot into the air. And Paws was waving his flag. ..............(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2024/10/09/detroit-tigers-mlb-playoffs-alds-game-score-recap-cleveland-guardians-brant-hurter/75590695007/

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Don't care, except I want Detroit or Cleveland to beat the Yanks and then win the WS.

[The Madcap]

2. Detroit vs San Diego?

Manfred would really hate that.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Why not? Love to see Detroit win the WS.

Or Cleveland. Lets make it happen!

[Johnny2X2X]

4. What a wild ride it's been

In arly August the Tigers were floundering and 10 games out. There was little hope and fans were just interested in seeing the young players get some time to develop. Then they just started winning. 4 out of 5 games, 8 out of 10 games. Could they make the playoffs? It wasn't until the last couple weeks of the season that people really started paying attention

But here we are, 1 game aaway from the ALCS. With the youngest team in baseball and 1 single starting pitcher. The Tigers are throwing bullpen games 3 of 4 games and it's really become an advantage. GO TIGERS!

[marmar]

5. AJ Hinch is playing 3-D chess.

[Johnny2X2X]

6. No doubt

He's been a maestro. He's a savant. And I really think, for better or for worse, the bullpen game being used the way Detroit is using them, is here to stay. It was masterful yesterday. You get to pick the other team's lineup basically. But the strategy was to not have Cleveland's Jose Ramirez see the same pitcher twice and it worked perfectly in that regard. You got Cleveland with a lineup full of left handed bats because we started a right hander who only threw 6 pitches, then we went to a lefty who did his job. That forced them to use a substitution in the 2nd inning.