This entire story was written. Done. Ready to publish and consume.
Then it wasn’t — and instead of this recap being about a drab loss, it’s about the Detroit Tigers earning perhaps their gutsiest victory of the season, beating the Minnesota Twins 6-5 in 11 innings.
After Jonathan Schoop was retired to lead off the ninth inning, the Twins’ win probability was 99.5%.
But then Robbie Grossman singled, Miguel Cabrera doubled and Jeimer Candelario walked ahead of Eric Haase. Even then,, the Twins were afforded a 91.9% chance to win.
On the eighth pitch of his at bat, Eric Haase did this.