The Detroit Tigers and Kansas City earned victories

The low-seeded Detroit Tigers and Kansas City earned victories in the first game of the American League postseason in the first round of the wild-card series.

The Detroit Tigers, who entered the postseason as the AL’s No. 6 seed and are playing fall baseball for the first time in a decade, earned a 3-1 victory in Game 1 on Sunday against the powerhouse Houston Astros, who advanced to the AL Championship Series for the seventh straight season. Left-hander Tarik Skubal, the reigning American League Pitcher of the Year, pitched six innings of four-hit, one-run ball with six strikeouts and no walks.

The Detroit Tigers scored three runs on three consecutive hits with runners on second and third in the second inning before Scoubal and the bullpen held the Houston offense to one run to preserve the win.

The American League’s fifth-seeded wild card, 메이저사이트 the Kansas City Royals, also earned a 1-0 win in Game 1 against the fourth-seeded Baltimore Orioles. Left-hander Cole Reagans pitched six scoreless innings of relief with eight strikeouts, and team superstar Bobby Witt Jr, who is batting .332 with 21 home runs and 109 RBIs this year, hit the game-winning RBI single with two outs in the sixth inning.