Detroit Tigers at Boston Red Sox

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Detroit Tigers

87-74, 41-39 Away

Final
2 - 1

Boston Red Sox

88-73, 47-33 Home

Tigers clinch AL playoff berth with 2-1 win over Red Sox. Detroit's division hopes still alive

Tigers clinch postseason berth with win over Red Sox

Less than 24 hours after the Red Sox sealed their postseason berth, the Tigers claimed at least a wild card. Detroit still could win the AL Central title but needs a victory Sunday at Boston and a Cleveland loss to Texas.

Kyle Montero and four relievers held Boston to seven hits. Tyler Holton (6-5) got four outs for the win and Will Vest pitched the ninth for his 23rd save.

The Tigers (87-74) led the division by 14 games in July and still held a 9 1/2-game lead on Sept. 11 before losses in 12 out of 14 games dropped them into a tie with Cleveland (86-74). The Guardians, who were in fourth place and 15 1/2 games back on July 8, are 17-4 since Sept. 5 and hold the head-to-head tiebreaker against Detroit after winning their season series.

Key moment With two on and two out and one run already in, David Hamilton sent a checked-swing blooper toward left field, but Detroit shortstop Javier Báez made a leaping catch to save a run.

Key stat Red Sox rookie Connelly Early (1-2) gave up a leadoff single to Jones before retiring the next 13 batters. The 25-year-old lefty, making his fourth career start, allowed two runs and four hits in five innings.

Up next The Red Sox are expected to go with a bullpen game Sunday in the regular-season finale. Detroit had ace Tarik Skubal (13-6) lined up for that game but will save him instead for the postseason opener Tuesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Narváez grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Lowe struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Rafaela grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Vest relieved Holton
	9th Inning	Báez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Ibáñez reached on infield single to shortstop, Dingler to second.

Statistics

DET		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	11
10	Strikeouts	13
2	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
14	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
147	Pitches	132
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
6	Total Bases	7
35	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	0
1.1	Runs Created	0.8
.188	Batting Average	.206
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.188	Slugging Percentage	.206
.094	Secondary Average	.000
.257	On Base Percentage	.206
.445	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.412
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
1.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.8
14.0	Batter Rating	11.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.20	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.88
.000	Isolated Power	.000
0.30	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
-.094	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.206
4.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
66.8	MLB Rating	65.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0