Detroit – It was just a relatively meaningless September baseball game between a pair of teams with 203 combined losses, but goodness, the Tigers’ dramatic 8-4, 12-inning, walk-off win against the Orioles Saturday night was a beauty.
John Hicks’ grand slam in the bottom of the 12th grabbed the headlines and the highlights, but there were plenty of other intriguing sub-plots and sidebars that deserve a second-day look.
Sidebar: Victor Reyes
“He’s comfortable now, he feels he belongs,” manager Ron Gardenhire said after the game. “He’s gotten stronger. He’s comfortable.