The Detroit Tigers are a team that the city should be proud of, which they showed in a potential World Series preview this weekend.

The Tigers took two of three from the Cubs over the weekend, and all three games were sellouts at Comerica Park. The two best teams in baseball met up over the weekend for a three-game series, and it did not disappoint.

Jahmai Jones — pinch-hitting in his Detroit Tigers debut — crushed a home run on the first pitch he saw in the eighth inning June 6 at Comerica Park.

Spencer Torkelson hit a sixth-inning solo home run to back Tarik Skubal's 7 2/3-inning gem as the Tigers beat the Cubs, 3-1.

This series is a good indicator. Near-sellout crowds are expected all weekend, and two of the games will have a national broadcast: Friday’s opener is on Apple TV+, with Saturday’s game airing on MLB Network for out-of-market viewers.

The stairs lead to a nondescript green door. Almost a mysterious entry point. But like all things with the Tigers these days, there was a specific, targeted purpose. The stairs and the door lead to Detroit’s so-called smart cage, a project completed midway through last season as part of the team’s multiyear overhaul of the home clubhouse.

The action got an early start during the Detroit Tigers' game against the San Francisco Giants when a squirrel ran out onto the field at the start of the baseball game.

"It was special," he said after he pitched six scoreless, two-hit innings to help the Tigers beat the Cubs 4-0 and win another series before a fired-up crowd of 40,343 at Comerica Park Sunday. "Anytime you fill a ballpark out for a whole series,