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Giants-Tigers Series Preview: Enough familiarity to matter?

Last night, the Detroit Tigers took a 3-1 lead into the bottom of the 9th inning as they tried to close out a sweep of the Seattle Mariners in Seattle. The Mariners wound up scoring 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th to stave off said sweep and denied Detroit the chance to hop over .500 on the road. What does this mean for this weekend’s series in San Francisco?

Well, between the Tigers’ prowess on the road — a 29-30 away record that’s 12th in MLB (6th in the AL), a 3.