The Seattle Mariners earned a bye to the ALDS spherical by advantage of ending 90-72 this season, which was adequate for his or her first AL West title since 2001 and the second-best file amongst AL division winners. The Detroit Tigers had hopes of getting a bye for almost the whole season, however blowing a 14-game lead within the AL Central meant they wanted to hit the highway within the Wild Card Collection as a No. 6 seed. Regardless of — the Tigers took down the Guardians in three video games to advance right here.
Detroit eked out an extra-inning win in Sport 1 and Seattle wanted late-inning heroics to even up the sequence with a Sport 2 victory.
The Tigers and Mariners have by no means squared off within the playoffs earlier than, so it is a contemporary matchup. The Tigers have not received the World Collection since 1984, whereas the Mariners are the one group in baseball to have by no means been to the World Collection. Guess Tigers vs. Mariners at FanDuel Sportsbook, the place new customers get $300 in bonus bets with a successful $5 wager:
Mariners vs. Tigers schedule
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Sport 1 |
Sat., Oct. 4 |
DET 3, SEA 2 |
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Sport 2 |
Solar., Oct. 5 |
SEA 3, DET 2 |
FS1 |
fubo |
| Sport 3 | Tues., Oct. 7 | 4:08 p.m. ET | FS1 | fubo |
| Sport 4 (if nec.) | Wed., Oct. 8 | 3:08 p.m. or 7:08 p.m. ET | FS1 | fubo |
| Sport 5 (if nec.) | Fri., Oct. 10 | 4:40 p.m. or 8:08 p.m. ET | FS1 or Fox | fubo |
Mariners vs. Tigers: Sport 3 data
- Time: 4:08 p.m. ET | Date: Tues., Oct. 7
- Location: Comerica Park — Detroit
- TV channel: FS1 | Reside stream: fubo (Attempt without spending a dime)
- Beginning pitchers: RHP Logan Gilbert (SEA) vs. RHP Jack Flaherty (DET)
- Odds: Tigers -154, Mariners +135
Sport 3 storylines
Tigers: The character of MLB’s playoff construction is that the inferior seed has to win no less than one highway sport to advance. The Tigers did that, and now, with two residence video games forward of them, they’ve an opportunity to punch a ticket to the subsequent spherical with out returning to Seattle.
Mariners: Baseball is a humorous sport. The Mariners would’ve most likely understood dropping one of many first two video games of this sequence coming in. However, as a result of they had been capable of win Tarik Skubal’s begin, they’ll head into Sport 3 with heightened spirits. The Mariners want solely to separate the 2 video games in Detroit to pressure a return journey to Seattle.
Sport 3 prediction
I had the Mariners taking this sequence, and it is partly due to how a lot I favor their rotation to the non-Skubal parts of Detroit’s. With that in thoughts, I feel Gilbert will carry the Mariners over the Tigers. Let’s name it a 4-1 Seattle win. Winner: Mariners. – R.J. Anderson
