DETROIT (AP) — When the Detroit Tigers walked off the field following their last home game two-plus weeks ago, no one knew if they would play another game at Comerica Park this year.

“We had to earn it,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Monday. “It took a lot to get back home.”

The Tigers dropped a seventh straight home game against Atlanta on Sept. 21, when they were clinging to a one-game lead in the AL Central before closing with a biggest collapse in division or league history.

The Tigers bounced back well enough to have another game in the Motor City on Tuesday afternoon against Seattle in Game 3 of their AL Division Series.

Detroit eliminated the AL Central-champion Cleveland Guardians on their home field in an AL Wild Card Series last week, then stayed on the road to play in Sea

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