Dan Dickerson, the Detroit Tigers radio voice, called the final out vs Boston Red Sox on TV broadcast for FanDuel Sports Network Detroit.

While the Astros fly to Anaheim to face an Angels team with the third-worst record in baseball since the break, the Tigers travel to Boston to face a Red Sox team still trying to cement a spot in the postseason. The Guardians, meanwhile, host a Rangers team that’s already been eliminated.

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers play on Sunday with the winner claiming the three-game series. Boston has an 88-73 record overall and a 47-33 record in home games. The Red Sox have the third-ranked team on-base percentage in the AL at .323.

After 161 of 162 games, the Detroit Tigers punched their ticket to the 2025 MLB playoffs in Saturday's 2-1 win over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.

This is not how the Detroit Tigers drew it up at the beginning of the season. After leading the American League Central for the better part of the past five months, the Tigers’ playoff hopes and the outcome of the division come down to one weekend in Boston.

The Detroit Tigers face the Boston Red Sox on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 (9/26/25) in a regular season MLB game at Fenway Park.

BOSTON -- The Detroit Tigers will try again on Saturday at Fenway Park. The Tigers can clinch a playoff spot by beating the Red Sox at 4:10 p.m. or by waiting and hoping for the Houston Astros to lose again to the Los Angeles Angels in a game beginning at 9:38 p.m.

Ray Lane, one of the most versatile and respected broadcasters in Detroit sports history, died at age 95 on Saturday, Sept. 27, from complications after a recent fall at his home in Farmington Hills, according to his daughter Deanne Lane.