Detroit — They sold out Comerica Park for Lou-lapalooza Saturday night.
An announced crowd of 40,101 came to celebrate Sweet Lou Whitaker — his No. 1 now retired and on the bricks alongside Alan Trammell’s No. 3 for all eternity. And they stayed to enjoy a gritty, if not rare, Tigers’ victory.
Spearheaded by the Castro boys — Harold and Willi — the Tigers steamrolled the Tampa Bay Rays 9-1, much to the delight of what was the largest non-Opening Day crowd in exactly six years (since Aug. 6, 2016, a game against the Mets).