The Most Improbable Baseball Game of 2024

On May 26th, 2024, the Detroit Tigers and Toronto Blue Jays played one of the best baseball games of the 2024 season. But it doesn't stand out just because of the score. The situation the teams were in at the time of the game makes the game a whole lot more telling. And now, we look back at this largely forgotten game and give it the recognition it deserves.

[LucaRimaldi]

The Blue Jays never failed to disappoint me last year.

[AlligatorArms]

There’s this game, the 5 run comeback against the Dodgers, the little league game against the Yankees where the Tigers were scoreless until 2 outs in the 9th but still won, the Padres game with the grand slam in the 9th also with 2 outs…so many improbable individual wins for the Tigers this year in addition to the improbability of their late season run and Minnesota’s late season swoon that ended up with the Tigers in the playoffs.

[Notkimbosliced]

I was at this game! The most exciting regular season game I've ever been to, just such a rush

[MarsCandyBar]

2:40 I think you had the stats backwards?

[Alivviegirl]

I don't know if I'd call this game "improbable" more like an exciting back and forth that made your tickets worth it. I'd say considering the team they were playing, the most improbable games were those two comeback wins over the Dodgers just before the All Star Break, as well as that win against the Orioles just before the end of the regular season where Riley Greene threw out a guy at home from the outfield and Trey Sweeney made that insane catch.

[mattcollett]

As a Jays fan I fucking hated last year’s team

[walkerjessop]

This was the first game I’d been to in years, and it really ignited a love for this tigers team that will be burning for a very long time

[violentvowelz]

Watching this it reminds me of all Torontos bad trades at the start of the season. Could be such a good team if they could keep a consistent lineup

[thebaseballcow]

This game should be in MLB’s “Epic Games of 2024” playlist

[davwud]

So, a team on the rise beat a team in decline in a very exciting game?
I can't believe that's never happened.
No idea what the probability of that is.
Must be like, "most improbable."

[MrStimpage]

Big reach...There are tons of games like this every year. Nothing really improbable or significant about this one. Each team took turns scoring runs...Gosh, how astounding...