DETROIT -- The crowd at Comerica Park was almost evenly split with Tigers and Cubs fans, and seemed to build in intensity with each Shane Greene pitch that Jason Heyward fouled off to extend the game Tuesday night. By the 10th pitch of their duel, the Tigers didn't feel like a team long since out of contention, playing a Cubs squad in the thick of a playoff race. They felt like regional rivals, two neighboring fan bases and former World Series foes.
"I don't know if fans realize how much it plays, for players to be out there in an atmosphere like that," Greene said after the Tigers' 2-1 win.