(Detroit) The Detroit Tigers secured a spot in the playoffs Friday night with a 4-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
The Tigers, who ended a decade without a playoff appearance, inflicted a 121e defeat to the White Sox, which constitutes a record in the modern era of major league baseball.
The 1962 New York Mets lost 120 times.
By winning in a sixth match in a row and for a 10e times in 11 games, the Tigers have eliminated the Minnesota Twins from the playoff race.
Last August 11, the Tigers played for eight games under the .500 mark. But since then, they have shown the best record in the Majors with 31 victories in 42 matches.
Taking advantage of the fact that they were facing the worst lineup of the modern era, the Tigers broke a 0-0 tie in the fifth inning on Friday. Jake Rogers scored when Jared Shuster made a bad throw.
Greene gave the team a 3-1 lead with a double in the seventh and the White Sox helped the Tigers again later in the inning with their third bad pitch of the night.
Starters Tarik Skubal and Keider Montero were responsible for Detroit’s turnaround, going a combined 11-3 since the 1er august.
The enthusiasm is back among Tigers fans, who were 44,435 in the stands at Comerica Park on Friday.