On the one hand, the Tigers will likely be glad to end this peculiar eight game barnstorming tour across the country from Boston to San Francisco via Phoenix. On the other, they’ll be returning to Detroit this weekend where the home crowd can yell at them some more. Either way, it would be a happier flight if they can close out the trip with a win this afternoon, and they have a decent pitching matchup with which to accomplish this modest task.
Of course, despite being third in the their division, the San Francisco Giants are just worlds better than the Tigers nowadays, whereas 10 years ago the two met up in a very anti-climactic World Series as peers atop the league.