The Tigers' defense was supposed to be one of their strengths over the Mariners going into the two teams' first ever postseason meeting, but Detroit made evaluators look like they'd overestimated that in Game 3 of the ALDS.
Jack Flaherty got through two scoreless innings against Seattle but got into trouble immediately in the third when he gave up a leadoff double to Victor Robles. JP Crawford followed to single.
Robles hesitated toward third but got in safely, then hesitated to home as Riley Greene made a strong throw from left field. It was supposed to hit Zach McKinstry at third as the cutoff man to keep both of the runners where they were, but McKinstry just moved aside and let the ball breeze past him, leaving Dillon Dingler to try to scoop it at home.