Zach McKinstry's 11th-Inning RBI Single Lifts Tigers to ALDS Game 1 Victory

Zach McKinstry delivered the tiebreaking run with a two-out RBI single in the 11th inning, driving home Spencer Torkelson from second base, to secure a 3-2 victory for the Detroit Tigers over the Seattle Mariners in Game 1 of their AL Division Series on Saturday. McKinstry pounced on a 99.6 mph sinker from reliever Carlos Vargas for the game-winning hit, marking the first extra-inning game of this postseason. He expressed confidence, stating, “All year long, I feel like we were either down or we were up. We’re up right now, and we’re getting a lot of wins. Things are going our way.” Torkelson had walked leading off the 11th and advanced on a wild pitch earlier in the inning.