It’s not quite David and Goliath, but Astros vs. Tigers is pretty close.
Battle-tested Houston hosts upstart Detroit in a best-of-three series in the American League Wild Card round, beginning Tuesday.
The Tigers have captivated baseball with a miraculous late-season surge. In early August, they sat eight games under .500, their playoff odds dwindled to a mere 0.2%; they ripped off a 31-11 run to close the regular season, clinching the franchise’s first postseason berth since 2014…