The Detroit Tigers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 on Saturday afternoon with a walk-off and turned the last game of the series into a chance to finish the job on Sunday. Kevin McGonigle drove in Javier Báez in the ninth inning, and a win that had been built on 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball from Keider Montero became the kind of result that changes a three-game set in one swing.
That is why Dodgers Vs Tigers was drawing attention again by Sunday morning. The Tigers had already done the hard part by taking the middle game on their own field, and now they were set to meet the Los Angeles Dodgers in the finale at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, at 1:40 p.m. ET. Framber Valdez was listed to start for the Tigers, with Tyler Glasnow on the mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 136.
Valdez carried a 5.71 ERA and a 5.74 FIP across his last three outings, including his most recent appearance against the Tampa Bay Rays. Glasnow’s line looked sharper on paper, with a 3-0 record and a 3.02 ERA, but this was his ninth start of the 2026 campaign and only his second since coming back from the injured list after nearly four months away with lower back spasms. His last outing came against the Braves in Atlanta.
There was also a quieter concern hanging over the Dodgers’ side of the matchup. Shohei Ohtani had been discussed as a possible starter, but reports said he came out of his bullpen work feeling less than 100%, and it had not been determined whether he would pitch again this season. That left Sunday’s game with a different edge: Detroit had momentum, Los Angeles had to manage its pitching carefully, and the final score in Saturday’s one-run win had already made the series feel like more than a midseason stop.
The Tigers now had the kind of setup every home team wants after a walk-off. One swing from McGonigle put them in position to take the series, and the only thing standing between that result and a split was one afternoon at Comerica Park.
