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    Tigers approach the Twins and stagger the Royals

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    Detroit News Staff and News Agencies
    | The Detroit News

    The Tigers celebrated a thrilling 10-inning 6-4 victory over the Orioles on Saturday, and the Twins' game against the Red Sox was canceled due to rain, giving Detroit a half-game lead in the AL wildcard race.

    The Tigers (81-74) are half a game behind Minnesota (81-73) in the third and final wild card spot, but also just one game behind Kansas City (82-73) in second place. The Royals have lost six games in a row.

    The Twins will play two games against the Red Sox on Sunday.

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    AL Wildcard Ranking

    The top two division winners receive byes to the Division Series. The other four teams play best-of-three series in the wildcard round. The top three teams are: Yankees (91-64), Guardians (90-66) and Astros (85-70). (The Yankees and the AL Central champion Guardians have secured playoff spots.) The Astros are joined by the following top three teams:

    1. Orioles (86-69)

    2.Royals (82-73)

    3. Gemini (81-73)

    4. Tigers (81-74)

    5. Mariners (80-75)

    Games on Saturday

    ▶ Giants 9, (at) Royals 0: LaMonte Wade Jr. and Matt Chapman each hit two home runs, Landen Roupp pitched five scoreless innings for his first major league win, and the Giants handed the Royals their sixth straight loss. Wade gave the Giants a two-out lead in the first inning by hitting a solo home run over the bullpen in right field with his first pitch. Wade began the fourth inning with a drive down the right field line, and Chapman followed with a hit straight to center, marking the seventh time this season the Giants have hit two home runs in a row. It was the first multiple home run game of Wade's career.

    ▶ Mariners 8, (at) Rangers 4: Julio Rodríguez hit a home run on the first pitch and had a game-winning RBI single in the sixth inning of his four-hit game. The seventh leadoff home run of the season for the Mariners and the first for Rodríguez was hit by Dane Dunning, starting for Max Scherzer when the three-time Cy Young Award winner was sidelined. Scherzer was placed on the 15-day injured list with a strained left hamstring, ending the season for the 40-year-old right-hander, whose contract is expiring. Various health issues limited the former Tiger to nine starts.

    Remaining games

    TIGERS (7)

    ▶ Home (6): Rays (3), White Sox (3)

    ▶ Away (1): at Orioles (1)

    ▶ Current series: One victory in a row

    ▶ Chances of reaching the playoffs: 39.7%

    ▶ Odds of winning the World Series: 1.0%

    TWINS (8)

    ▶ Home (6): Marlins (3), Orioles (3)

    ▶ Away (2): at the Red Sox (2)

    ▶ Current series: One victory in a row

    ▶ Chances of reaching the playoffs: 77.3%

    ROYAL (7)

    ▶ Home (1): Giants (1)

    ▶ Away (6): at Nationals (3), at Braves (3)

    ▶ Current series: Six defeats in a row

    ▶ Chances of reaching the playoffs: 77.1%

    Sailor (7)

    ▶ Home (3): Ones (3)

    ▶ Away (4): at Rangers (1), at Astros (3)

    ▶ Current series: Three wins in a row

    ▶ Chances of reaching the playoffs: 6.0%

    Tiebreaker

    Because MLB increased the number of playoff teams from 10 to 12 teams in 2022, there will no longer be any additional games at the end of the season to resolve tiebreakers.

    In the past, teams played Game 163 for the last playoff spot. Detroit lost Game 163 to the Twins in 2009, 6-5 in 12 innings.

    The first tiebreaker is the head-to-head record. The second tiebreaker is the intrigue record, or record within the division. The third tiebreaker is the interdivision record, or record outside the division.

    For example, if the Tigers were tied with the Twins, the Twins would secure the playoff spot because they would have won seven of 13 games against the Tigers.

    If more than two teams are tied, the combined winning percentage of all of those teams in the games against each other is compared.

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