How to secure a wildcard spot

The Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals have six games left in this baseball season as they battle for two wild-card playoff spots. The Tigers have one more win than the Twins and are tied with the Royals.

The Seattle Mariners are close behind, but let's focus on the three American League Central Division rivals who have the best chances at the wild card spots.

If the Tigers win all six games, they will definitely secure a wildcard spot since they are ahead of the Twins.

That's the simplest scenario, but a six-game winning streak is statistically unlikely, even though the Tigers are playing their last few games against losing teams, including the last three against the historically awful White Sox, who already handed the Tigers the most losses in American League history in 2003.