Learn how to watch former Ohio State baseball players Dillon Dingler and Dominic Canzone in the Seattle Mariners-Detroit Tigers MLB playoff game.

The Tigers and Zach McKinstry have a clearer understanding on the mechanics of a crucial cutoff play that went awry in the third inning of Game 3.

Dillon Dingler grew up rooting for the Cleveland Guardians. But on Thursday, he sent them home. Playing in the ballpark where he attended many games as a youngster, the second-year catcher hit a tiebr

Dillon Dingler went to games at Progressive Field as a fan from Stark County. In Game 3, his 1st playoff hit, a go-ahead homer, helped the Tigers win.

They didn’t jeer or heckle Dillon Dingler here when he hit the home run that cut through the tension, broke open the dam and put this decisive Game 3 of the American League Wild Card Series on the course to completion.

Of course, any manager will look like an idiot when every reliever decides to simultaneously implode. Speier, Eduard Bazardo and Carlos Vargas combined to give up seven runs on nine hits and two walks in just 2.2innings of work, and those numbers were richly deserved.

Ohio native Dillon Dingler grew up a Cleveland baseball fan. In On Thursday, the Tigers catcher delivered the swing that silenced his hometown crowd and helped end Cleveland’s season.

Dillon Dingler said having Tarik Skubal ready to start Game 5 gives Tigers confidence, hours ahead of Game 4, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025 at Comerica Park

Here in the postseason, Dingler has drawn comparisons to another important catcher in Tigers lore. Detroit last won the World Series in 1984, when catcher Lance Parrish was a quiet gladiator. Dingler is built very much in that mold. He is serious and measured. Strong and stern. Thoughtful without being emotional, competitive without being crazed.