The Detroit Tigers just pulled off a wild one Saturday afternoon, snagging their second straight series win with an 11-7 comeback victory over the Colorado Rockies. Down 7-4 in the bottom of the eighth, they slammed home seven straight runs to completely flip the script and prevail over their MLB basement-dwelling foes. What a gut-check win, man.
The Streak, The Sweep, and That Seattle Memory
Now, the Motor City Kitties are eyeing something huge on Sunday: their first four-game win streak of the entire season. They’re also looking for their first sweep since way back in early August. Remember that stretch? They swept the Athletics in Sacramento, then snagged a win against *our* Mariners right here in our own T-Mobile Park. Man, that glorious stretch seems like forever ago now, as the 2026 schedule is starting to fade fast. For a Tigers team at 69-79, trying to find some late-season rhythm, a sweep would mean everything for momentum, even against a struggling Rockies squad (55-93). It’s Game 149, they want to finish strong.
Two Young Righties with Something to Prove
Today’s series finale sees 24-year-old righty Jackson Jobe back on the bump for Detroit, looking to build on his recovery from an ugly outing against the Guardians in Cleveland last time out. In that one, he settled in to give his team five frames of two-run ball, allowing four hits including one home run, and walking two. He still managed to punch out seven, getting a no-decision in an eventual 3-2 extra-innings loss. You know he’s hungry for a proper W today. Jobe’s 1-2 with a 4.45 ERA in his six appearances.
Across from him for the Rockies is fellow righty Gabriel Hughes. This dude, 25, is making his 11th start and still searching desperately for his first win. He’s currently stuck at 0-7 with a 5.81 ERA overall. But don’t sleep on him completely, because he’s actually been looking pretty sharp in his last two starts, putting up an impressive 1.86 ERA and a 1.96 FIP over 9 2/3 innings of work. He’s allowed three runs (just two earned) on eight hits, two walks, struck out ten, and hit a batter, though he still took his seventh loss. It’s Jobe (1-2, 4.45 ERA, 0.0 fWAR) versus Hughes (0-7, 5.81 ERA, 1.1 fWAR) today, and both these young arms definitely have something to prove.
It all goes down Sunday afternoon at 12:10 p.m. ET over at Comerica Park. The Tigers are going for the kill, aiming for that sweep and a four-game win streak that would feel huge this late in the year. As the season quickly wanes, you gotta respect that fight to stack up wins and finish on a high note. Can they close it out?
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Originally reported by Bless You Boys.
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