2014 Detroit Tigers season
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
137 September 1 @ Indians W 12-1 Price ( 13-10 ) Kluber ( 13-9 ) - 23,296 75-62
138 September 2 @ Indians W 4-2 Coke ( 3-2 ) Allen ( 5-4 ) Nathan ( 29 ) 9,990 76-62
139 September 3 @ Indians L 0-7 Salazar ( 6-6 ) Verlander ( 12-12 ) - 11,739 76-63
140 September 4 @ Indians W 11-4 ( 11 ) Coke ( 4-2 ) Tomlin ( 6-9 ) - 11,935 77-63
141 September 5 Giants L 2-8 Peavy ( 4-4 ) Porcello ( 15-10 ) - 31,940 77-64
142 September 6 Giants L 4-5 Bumgarner ( 17-9 ) Price ( 13-11 ) Casilla ( 15 ) 35,722 77-65
143 September 7 Giants W 6-1 Lobstein ( 1-0 ) Hudson ( 9-10 ) - 27,523 78-65
144 September 8 Royals W 9-5 Verlander ( 13-12 ) Guthrie ( 10-11 ) - 30,758 79-65
145 September 9 Royals W 4-2 Scherzer ( 16-5 ) Vargas ( 11-8 ) Nathan ( 30 ) 32,603 80-65
146 September 10 Royals L 0-3 Shields ( 14-7 ) Porcello ( 15-11 ) Davis ( 3 ) 29,751 80-66
147 September 12 Indians W 7-2 Price ( 14-11 ) Carrasco ( 7-5 ) - 38,341 81-66
148 September 13 Indians W 5-4 Chamberlain ( 2-5 ) Shaw ( 5-4 ) Nathan ( 31 ) 41,190 82-66
149 September 14 Indians W 6-4 Coke ( 5-2 ) Shaw ( 5-5 ) Nathan ( 32 ) 39,395 83-66
150 September 15 @ Twins W 8-6 Ryan ( 2-0 ) Fien ( 5-6 ) Soria ( 18 ) 19,700 84-66
151 September 16 @ Twins L 3-4 Perkins ( 4-3 ) Nathan ( 4-4 ) - 22,066 84-67
152 September 17 @ Twins L 4-8 Gibson ( 12-11 ) Price ( 14-12 ) - 22,285 84-68
153 September 19 @ Royals W 10-1 Verlander ( 14-12 ) Vargas ( 11-10 ) - 37,945 85-68
154 September 20 @ Royals W 3-2 Scherzer ( 17-5 ) Shields ( 14-8 ) Nathan ( 33 ) 37,074 86-68
155 September 21 @ Royals L 2-5 Guthrie ( 12-11 ) Porcello ( 15-12 ) Holland ( 43 ) 37,212 86-69
156 September 22 White Sox L 0-2 Bassitt ( 1-1 ) Lobstein ( 1-1 ) Petricka ( 14 ) 30,758 86-70
The 2014 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 114th season. This was the team's first year under a mostly new coaching staff led by rookie Manager Brad Ausmus. On September 28, the last day of the regular season, the Tigers clinched the American League Central title with a 3-0 win over the Minnesota Twins. The Tigers finished one game ahead of the Kansas City Royals, with a 90-72 record. It was their fourth consecutive American League Central title. They became the first AL Central team to win four consecutive titles since the Cleveland Indians won five straight from 1995 to 1999, and the first Tigers team to ever make four consecutive postseason appearances. Despite all of this, the Tigers' season ended on October 5 when they were swept by the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Division Series. This snapped Detroit's streak of three consecutive American League Championship Series appearances.