The Tigers had an exhilarating 6-4, 10-inning victory in opposition to the Orioles on Saturday and the Twins’ recreation in opposition to the Red Sox was rained out, so Detroit picked up a half-game within the AL wild-card race.
The Tigers (81-74) are a half-game behind Minnesota (81-73) for the third and remaining wild-card spot however they're additionally only one recreation behind Kansas City (82-73) for the No. 2 spot. The Royals have misplaced six consecutive video games.
The Twins will play two in opposition to the Red Sox on Sunday.
AL wild-card standings
The prime two division winners obtain byes to the Division Series. The different 4 groups will play best-of-three collection within the wild-card spherical. The prime three groups are: Yankees (91-64), Guardians (90-66) and Astros (85-70). (The Yankees and AL Central champion Guardians have clinched playoff spots.) The Astros could be joined by the highest three groups under:
1. Orioles (86-69)
2. Royals (82-73)
3. Twins (81-73)
4. Tigers (81-74)
5. Mariners (80-75)
Saturday’s video games
▶ Giants 9, (at) Royals 0: LaMonte Wade Jr. and Matt Chapman hit two residence runs every, Landen Roupp pitched 5 scoreless innings for his first main league win, and the Giants handed the Royals their sixth straight loss. Wade put the Giants forward with two out within the first inning, lining a first-pitch solo homer above the fitting area bullpen. Wade led off the fourth with a drive down the fitting area line and Chapman adopted with a blast to straightaway middle, marking the seventh time the Giants have had back-to-back homers this season. It was the primary multi-homer recreation of Wade's profession.
▶ Mariners 8, (at) Rangers 4: Julio Rodríguez homered on the primary pitch and had a tiebreaking RBI single within the sixth inning of his four-hit recreation. The seventh leadoff homer of the season for the Mariners, and the primary for Rodríguez, got here off Dane Dunning, who began for Max Scherzer when the three-time Cy Young Award winner was scratched. Scherzer was positioned on the 15-day injured listing with a left hamstring pressure, ending the season for the 40-year-old right-hander who's on an expiring contract. Various well being points restricted the previous Tiger to 9 begins.
Remaining video games
TIGERS (7)
▶ Home (6): Rays (3), White Sox (3)
▶ Away (1): at Orioles (1)
▶ Current streak: Won one in a row
▶ Odds of constructing the playoffs: 39.7%
▶ Odds of profitable the World Series: 1.0%
TWINS (8)
▶ Home (6): Marlins (3), Orioles (3)
▶ Away (2): at Red Sox (2)
▶ Current streak: Won one in a row
▶ Odds of constructing playoffs: 77.3%
ROYALS (7)
▶ Home (1): Giants (1)
▶ Away (6): at Nationals (3), at Braves (3)
▶ Current streak: Lost six in a row
▶ Odds of constructing playoffs: 77.1%
MARINERS (7)
▶ Home (3): A's (3)
▶ Away (4): at Rangers (1), at Astros (3)
▶ Current streak: Won three in a row
▶ Odds of constructing playoffs: 6.0%
Tiebreakers
Since MLB elevated the variety of playoff groups to 12 groups from 10 in 2022, there are not any extra further video games to resolve tiebreakers on the finish of the season.
In the previous, groups would play “Game 163” for the ultimate playoff spot. Detroit misplaced “Game 163” in opposition to the Twins, 6-5, in 12 innings in 2009.
The first tiebreaker is head-to-head document. The second tiebreaker is intradivision document, or document contained in the division. The third tiebreaker is interdivision document, or document exterior the division.
For instance, if the Tigers are tied with the Twins, the Twins would earn the playoff spot as a result of they received seven of 13 video games in opposition to the Tigers.
If greater than two groups are tied, the mixed profitable proportion of all these groups in video games in opposition to one another are in contrast.
