Can the Tigers Upset Astros in Their Wild Card Playoff Series?

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00:00here in the Houston Astros.

00:03Can the Tigers continue the momentum here into October and

00:07maybe pull off the upset over a team with a ton of playoff

00:11experience and pedigree in the Houston Astros.

00:16This is going to be an interesting one. It's kind of

00:19amazing what Detroit has done given where they were and where

00:25they finished here. Ben is kind of just absolutely crazy here

00:29when you consider the fact that at August 11th, I believe they

00:33were 55 and 63, if you can believe that. And then they

00:37finish at 31 and 12, which is just hilarious. And they're

00:40doing it without any household names whatsoever. People who

00:44didn't watch any baseball this year are going to tune into a

00:47Tigers game and be like, who the hell is this? Like what? So

00:51Tyreke Scoble is going to be obviously the Cy Young Award

00:55winner in the American League and rightfully so is probably

00:58the best pitcher. But I think this series, Ben, is won or

01:03lost on this game here, believe it or not. I think that's how

01:06important this game is. The Astros have exactly who they

01:10want on the mound, when they want, who has gotten better as

01:14the season went on. And I think they have won, what, 14 of his

01:18last 16 starts or some crazy number along those lines. You

01:22got more experience with Altuve and Bregman than the entire

01:27Detroit Tigers franchise has in the postseason. This is the

01:31last hurrah for this group in Houston. The problem is they

01:34also don't have the big man, right? Or Albert. We're a

01:38little concerned about his knee injury. That's a concern and

01:42worth monitoring on any future bet for the Houston Astros.

01:47But when it all comes down to it, Franber has got the

01:50experience. I think he's got the higher ceiling. And I'd love

01:53to read Scooble, but I think this is going to be a very

01:56difficult game for them to win game number one against the ace

02:00of the Astros. I think Houston wins game one and then in all

02:04likelihood wins it rather quickly to nothing.