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Tigers need a victory, help and a map
- Updated: October 2, 2016
ATLANTA — Tigers manager Brad Ausmus held his postgame media session after Saturday night’s 5-3 loss to the Braves like a husband watching a game on television while his wife is trying to talk to him from another room. He was listening, but his attention was diverted.
“Are you paying attention to us?” a reporter jokingly asked as Ausmus stared at the Blue Jays-Red Sox game on the TV in his office.
“I am,” Ausmus answered. “I’m barely listening to you, actually.”
• Tigers’ Wild Card hopes take hit in loss to Braves
This is what the Tigers’ season comes down to. They no longer control their own fate, down 1 1/2 games to the Blue Jays and Orioles in the American League Wild Card race.
The Tigers need a win Sunday. Then they need help from the Yankees or Red Sox to beat the Orioles or Blue Jays. Then they need a map and some fuel, because their road to the playoffs just grew long.
A Tigers win and Blue Jays or Orioles loss wouldn’t draw Detroit even in the Wild Card race. It would draw the Tigers within a …
