NEW YORK — Welcome to bizzarro world.

A tight, intense battle between the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees on Tuesday, Sept. 9, turned into a blowout after one of the craziest innings you will ever see. Fourteen Tigers went to the plate in the seventh inning and they scored nine runs after a series of walks and bloopers and wild pitches and a two-run Kerry Carpenter triple. Yankees fans booed, right on cue, followed by a true Bronx cheer, as the Tigers streaked to a 12-2 victory at Yankee Stadium.

The Tigers (83-62) hold an 8½-game lead over the Cleveland Guardians in the American League Central with 17 games to play. The Tigers' magic number to clinch the division is 10 .

The inning started normal enough — a Riley Greene ground-rule double to right — in a 2-2 game. Then, Y

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