BOSTON -- The Detroit Tigers are in -- barely.

The Cleveland Guardians will be remembered for a historic surge, but by making the field, the Tigers may have avoided being remembered for a historic collapse. They came awfully close.

Detroit finished the season 87-75 , one win better than last year, and will enter the postseason as the third Wild Card and No. 6 seed for the second straight year.

The Tigers will face AL Central champion Cleveland on Tuesday and Wednesday , with a potential Game 3 on Thursday. The winner of the best-of-three series advances to play second-seeded Seattle in the best-of-five AL Division Series.

“We got through 162 and now we picked up the second season, which is awesome,” said Tigers manager A.J. Hinch.

“We’ve traveled a long road to get here. But I thi

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