Zach McKinstry breaks the tie in extras, Keider Montero locks down the Tigers win 😤

Zach McKinstry breaks the tie in extras, Keider Montero locks down the Tigers win 😤

Guys, the issues that plague the Tigers a little bit of the Wildard series showing up here in game one. One for nine with runners in scoring position, 1 for 17 with men on base. Here’s McKinstre. And there is a base hit with a man aboard. Sneaks it through the middle. Torlson will score. And right on Q, the Tigers take the lead. McKinstry delivers in the 11th. All that you just said, Adam, goes away with one swing of the bat. Dreaded lead off walk pitch comes around to score. And by the way, broken bat 73 mph exit VO perfectly placed. [Applause] Another late inning playoff RBI for the Tigers coming from Zack McKinstry on a ball that wasn’t particularly hard hit. What a night in Seattle. Julio Rodriguez got it started. Carrie Carpenter flipped the game with a home run of his own. Munoz was clutch getting six outs. Will Vest was clutch getting six outs. And then McKinstry, as he did in game one against Cleveland, comes up with a key RBI late to put the Tigers in front on the road. And they will turn to Kater Montero, just 25 years of age from Venezuela, who made his major league debut in May of last season. This will just be his 13th career relief appearance between the regular season and playoffs. He has never had a major league save. And to get one tonight, he’s got to go through the top of the Mariners order in a Rosena, Raleigh, and Rodriguez. I don’t think if you would have told AJ Hinch that this is where he’d be, he would have believed it. But they’re up with a chance to win this game. And Montero on the mound. Strike one. Whatever superstition you have, regardless of what team you’re rooting for, you’re employing it right now. Arena takes a strike. Nothing can shoot. Montto’s got to be careful here down in the zone to Randy. Randy loves to go down and drive something middle of the plate down. If you try to throw a breaking ball, you got to bury it. He did that time in a rose arena laid off. [Music] [Applause] Montto’s one two and a Rosarena just got a piece of that slider that was tantalizingly out over the plate. That’s a couple that he wants back tonight. But that one was that one said hit me all over it. Oh man, [Applause] one two outside. See, here’s what you worry about with the young guy out there. He just threw a pitch that Ry’s going to say, “Oh, I should have hit that one.” But then he tries to make one too good. Now, now he’s letting Randy back into the count after being ahead of him. Got to try and put him away if you’re Monontto right here. Ros Arena bounces it to the left side. Cut off by the third baseman McKinstry. One down here in the 11th. Love the aggressiveness by McKinstry. Got the big hit. He’s feeling all happy. And then he cuts off Bayz because he’s the only one that could have made this play. Now, what do you do here, Wayeno, against Cal Raleigh? You have to pitch him like it’s 02. You have to What do you throw, though? Montto doesn’t have a split, and that’s kind of what they’ve been attacking with him with. You don’t want to be careful with sliders down and in. I know. You just can’t let him beat you though. I know. The problem is it’s not a great matchup. He flips the first pitch into foul territory. McKinstre’s got room and he’s got it. Like I said, you challenge him in the zone, AJ. Yeah, that was a breaking ball though. That was pretty much right down the kind of jammed him. That’s the last three pitches have been right down the middle and these Mariners have missed it. This a little slider. It doesn’t do it really doesn’t do much. And that’s the one Cal just did not miss. And now they’re going to have a meeting and talk about how to attack Julio. Same thing here. Like you just O2 every pitch the This is the last hitter. How many ever hitters you face? Every pitch is 0 and2. Absolutely. Or just keep throwing it right down the middle. That seems to be working. So, here’s Rodriguez. The Mariners have mustered five hits. All of them have come from Raleigh and Rodriguez. The two from Julio have driven in runs. He’s the last chance now for Seattle. And he takes strike one from Monttero at 97. Just throw it down the middle. Is that what you just said? [Applause] They’re never expecting the one down the middle. Never expect it. 01 on the ground. That’s through. And the tying run is aboard for the Mariners. A three hit Rodriguez. Game one. And he keeps the line moving for Naylor. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] tried to go in there again. We know he missed out over the play. Julio doesn’t I listen, there used to be an old thing. Don’t get beat laid in. Well, Dingler was set up and they were trying to go in on Julio and that’s his strength. It is. I I don’t It’s hard to It’s hard to understand that. But Naylor breaking ball drops in at the top of the zone for a called strike. Naylor disagreed with the call from Tosi. Something has to give here. We mentioned how good both these teams have been with one-run games. Well, the Tigers have a one-run lead and the Mariners have been great. Foul back and it’s nothing and two. Down to their final strike in game one. [Music] Well, you get Josh Naylor over here for exactly these type of moments right here to lengthen your lineup, which he’s done incredibly well this year. This is why he’s here, Adam. He helped clinch Seattle’s playoff spot in late September. The tying run is Rodriguez at first. Montero trying to put it away. The O2 on the ground. Two first. Vacuumed up by Torlson. And the Tigers come on the road to Seattle and take game one in an extra innings thriller. What a game. What a game. Just incredible heart by the Tigers. Tot well pitched and two big hits. That was it. Really was it. Carrie Carpenter with the home run off Kirby and Zack McKinstry with the two out knock to drive in the third run. Incredibly well pitched by both sides. What a game. You see Cal sitting there. They Cal and Randy both had pitches to hit that last inning. They didn’t make it make it happen, but this was an incredibly well- pitched game on both sides and it came down to a couple of moments here and there. The leadoff walks cost both teams today that ended up chat that ended up being the difference. Seven Detroit relievers combined to finish off the last seven innings of this ball game. A 3-2 Tigers victory in game one. Zach McKinstre 11th inning. Take me through your preparation for that battle. It was a quick one. What were you looking for? Yeah. Uh just trusting the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ right there and just allowing him to to work through me and um just allow me to to be calm in the box. Um looking for a sinker there. He throws it a lot and uh got one and was able to get the job done. What is it about this team that seems to find a way to win your record in one-run games this year the best in baseball? Yeah, I mean we’re resilient. uh we go out there uh we compete our butts off and uh we enjoy it. Uh you know not we don’t love playing in close games but um yeah it seems like there’s a still in the in the in the crazy craziness going on. Zack you know the postseason game one is always big but this one you force their closer out there for two innings and you give the ball in game two to TK Scooble. How big was this win for Detroit? Oh it was huge going in game two with Scoob on the bump is going to be a lot of fun. Um yeah he he’s going to go out there and compete man. He’s he’s electric and he’s one of the best in the game and um yeah, it’s going to be a lot of fun to play behind him tomorrow and getting this first one for him and uh yeah, it’s going to be a good good time. Dylan Dingler, bring me to the bottom of the 11th inning. You’ve got Kater Montero out there protecting a one-run lead, seeing the top of the Seattle lineup. How did you get through that inning? No, Kada did a phenomenal job. Obviously, that’s not the typical role that he comes into, but um we know we know the kind of pitcher that he is, the kind of heart he has, and had full confidence with him going forward. Let’s go back to the fifth inning because you’re down one nothing. Carrie Carpenter is at bat with first base open, two outs. There’s a conversation on the mound and then Carrie does what Carrie does a lot for you. How about his ability to come through in those spots? Oh, it’s tremendous. He’s a tremendous postseason player. He’s a very clutch player and uh that was definitely the spark we needed there in the uh middle of the game. You’ve got TKO going tomorrow in game two. How much bigger does that make this win in game one? Oh, it’s huge. It’s huge. always always getting the first win in a series is massive, especially uh momentum wise as well because as we know in the postseason with a team with the momentum usually are the ones that come out on top. So um you know we’re looking forward to tomorrow. We’re looking forward to playing behind TK and going out there and getting them.

Zach McKinstry hit a go-ahead single in extras while Keider Montero pitched a scoreless frame to secure the Detroit Tigers win over the Seattle Mariners in Game 1 of the ALDS.

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