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Tigers excited about Game 3 crowd, largest for playoff game at Comerica Park

Vaseline October 10, 2024

Detroit – It may not have been the loudest crowd, although the volume certainly increased as the day got longer.

But it was definitely the largest crowd at this ballpark for this time of year.

The Tigers announced Wednesday that a crowd of 44,885 showed up for Game 3 of the American League Division Series against the Cleveland Guardians, making it the largest paid attendance for a postseason game in Comerica Park history. The previous high was 43,973 for Game of the 2013 ALDS against the Oakland A’s.

The crowd was also the largest this season at Comerica Park, where the Tigers treated their fans to a 3-0 win and a 2-1 series lead, with a potential game-changer Thursday. Game 4 is Thursday night at Comerica Park.

“You know, the atmosphere was unbelievable,” said Parker Meadows, who is still the spark of this team, leading off the game with a single and scoring on Riley Greene’s two-out hit to make it 1-0 in the first inning. collection.

“Probably close to the loudest competition I’ve been in.

“I got chills the whole game.”

Tickets for Games 3 and 4 of the ALDS sold out in less than an hour last week as Detroit braced for Major League Baseball’s first playoff games in a decade.

Fans were given orange rally towels and waved them early and often.

“It was nice to have a home game in the playoffs. We were in the atmosphere, but there were opposing fans,” Carpenter said. “So the fact that they were for us today was special.

“Before the match, I definitely felt the moment. When I went up to bat, I was a little locked in. I didn’t necessarily hear the crowd, but it was pretty special.”

There were some big roars from the crowd in Game 3, though most came well into the game, including the Spencer Torkelson RBI double in the sixth inning, Matt Vierling’s catch on a screaming liner in the seventh inning, and the strikeout from Will Vest that ended the match. the eighth inning. Then, of course, there was Tyler Holton’s strikeout that ended the game, which sparked a celebration as Detroit won a playoff game at Comerica Park for the first time since 2013.

There was heavy traffic downtown hours before the game, a block party outside the ballpark for three hours before the first pitch, the “Let’s Go Tigers!” the chants died down early and the sing-along of “Don’t Stop Believin’” was raucous late.

The crowd was standing room only, and they were several deep in the farthest reaches of the ballpark. Game 3 of the ALDS was the 25th postseason game in the history of Comerica Park, which opened in 2000 and did not host its first playoff game until 2006.

“Electric. You knew it was coming,” said Torkelson, whose Tigers were 24th in the MLB in average attendance this season but saw one of the best overall increases in the game year over year, of 1.61 million to 1.86 million, largely thanks to the late surge that saw them reach the play-offs.

“You knew they were going to show up and be loud, and they didn’t disappoint.

“It’s so much fun for us to play in front of so many screaming people.”

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