The Detroit Tigers are...hot? While that may be an exaggeration, it was nice to see the team take two of three from both the Indians and Cubs after previously dropping nine in a row. The club is still a distant fourth in the AL Central, but at least there has been a little positive momentum. As has been said a thousand times, anything can happen in 2020.
One unique twist from 2020 has been the introduction of seven-game doubleheaders. The Tigers played the first such occurrence against the Reds back in August due to some Covid postponements, but Friday’s twin bill against Minnesota comes for a difference reason, as the teams independently decided to cancel Thursday’s game as part of ongoing protests against race-based injustice in policing and the criminal justice system.