Detroit Tigers set record not reached since 1968 World Series

The Detroit Tigers were down 3-0, facing the end of their season.

And then their bats erupted.

Nine runs later, they had a 9-3 win over the Seattle Mariners and had forced a Game 5 in the ALDS. Tarik Skubal will get the baseball in the decisive game.

And in the process, the Tigers reached a mark they hadn't gotten to since Game 6 of the 1968 World Series.

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Since then, Detroit had never scored this many runs in a postseason game. That day, they had actually plated 13. But they'd never reached even nine since then.

On this day, they got to nine in emphatic, clutch fashion.

The Tigers’ 9 runs are their most in a postseason game since scoring 13 in Game 6 of the 1968 World Series https://t.co/30zXnaEZOA

Riley Greene hit a clutch left-on-left homer.

Javier Baez hit his first postseason home run in eight years.

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The back half of the bullpen never let the Mariners have any life.

And so that means the Tigers get to take at least one more plane ride as a team. They'll hop aboard and fly back to the Pacific Northwest.

They'll get to be off on Thursday and line up their ace for Friday. It'll be one game for a spot in the ALCS, and Detroit will have the best pitcher in the American League on the mound.

They'll get that chance because of their bats.

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