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Detroit Tigers make up ground in playoff race for 4th night in a row

Tigers pull within 4.5 games of Twins in wild card race

Spencer Torkelson #20 of the Detroit Tigers celebrates his second inning two run home run with teammates while playing the Los Angeles Angels at Comerica Park on August 28, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. (Gregory Shamus, 2024 Getty Images)

DETROIT – The Detroit Tigers made up ground in the playoff race for the fourth night in a row.

Spencer Torkelson obliterated a 408-foot homer and four pitchers combined to allow just two unearned runs as the Tigers took a second-straight game from the Los Angeles Angels.

Meanwhile, the Minnesota Twins lost their final game against the Atlanta Braves. So the Tigers pulled a game closer in the wild card race.

Detroit now sits just 4.5 games behind Minnesota for the final AL playoff spot. The Red Sox beat the Blue Jays on Wednesday night, so they remained 1.5 games ahead of the Tigers.

You’ll rarely see a team’s playoff picture change as rapidly as it has for the Tigers over the past week. When we woke up last Thursday, the Tigers were 9.5 games behind the Twins, with the Red Sox, Rays, and Mariners also in the way.

They’ve erased more than half of that deficit in the span of six days, thanks to a six-game winning streak against the White Sox and Angels that coincided with a 1-5 week from the Twins.

In the past four days, the Tigers went 4-0 while the Twins went 0-4.

Minnesota is off Thursday, so the Tigers will either claw to within four games or fall behind by five.

Detroit hosts the series finale against the Angels on Thursday afternoon, with Keider Montero squaring off against Jack Kochanowicz.


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Derick is the Digital Executive Producer for ClickOnDetroit and has been with Local 4 News since April 2013. Derick specializes in breaking news, crime and local sports.

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