What began as a pleasant day at the ballpark quickly soured, then sweetened, then soured again. Starting pitcher Jack Flaherty walked eight steps closer to opting into his 2026 player option, and eight steps further away from starting ALDS game 2 this postseason, allowing eight earned runs and blowing two very different one-run leads on the day.

Flaherty’s 2025 ERA now sits at an ugly 4.87 figure, and the Tigers fall just short, 10-8, on Magnum P.I. Day at the ballpark. (Sorry, Tom Selleck; you tried.)

Today’s action kicked off in the second inning, Riley Greene launched a solo home run off of Seth Lugo to open the day’s (copious) scoring, putting the Tigers ahead 1-0. Greene attacked a changeup early in the count for his 31st home run of the year and 95th RBI of the season, matching Spe

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