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Pinch-hitter Jorge Polanco and Cole Young hit back-to-back homers in the top of the ninth, lifting the visiting Seattle Mariners to a three-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers with an 8-4 win on Sunday.
AJ Hinch was not discouraged by the Tigers' recent struggles following their three-game sweep to the Mariners on Sunday.
The Detroit Tigers still have the best record in baseball, but they’ll enter the All-Star break with growing concerns about their fragile bullpen.
Even with losses in three straight games, the Tigers carry an 11.5-game lead atop the American League Central over the Minnesota Twins. The Mariners are second in the AL West, six games back of the first-place Houston Astros, holding the third Wild Card spot.
The one and only Stitches has been handicapping baseball, daily, for the Post since 2019. Miraculously, he has finished in the black twice. But wait there’s more. He showed his versatility by winning the Post’s NFL Best Bet crown last year.
Randy Arozarena homered and scored four times as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Detroit Tigers 15-7 on Saturday.
Tigers All-Star Casey Mize (9-3) allowed six runs in three innings as Detroit was routed by the Seattle Mariners 15-7.
It certainly wasn't how they would have scripted it, going into the All-Star break on a four-game losing streak.