In a comeback game, the Guardians refused to die and tied the American League Division Series after beating the Tigers 5-4 in Detroit.
The fans were going crazy with his team’s somersault, but in the seventh inning David Fry caused a worrying silence in the stands at Comerica Park with a home run, with one on base, off Beau Brieske’s pitches.
The locals tied the score in the bottom fifth with a home run by Zach McKinstry, and then took a 3-2 lead after Wenceel Pérez’s double that sent Kerry Carpenter home in the sixth. Guardians had taken the lead in the first inning, thanks to a single by Lane Thomas, between first and second, which sent Steven Kwan, who was at third, to the record.
In the fifth, José Ramírez disappeared a pitch from Tyler Holton to make things 2-1 at that time in favor of the visiting ninth.
Cleveland tried to increase the lead in the eighth, but Jackson Jobe struggled and managed to get the three outs, after allowing a double by Will Brennan. In the eighth, Emmanuel Clase suffered a little, but ended the local threat, after striking out Trey Sweeney with two on base. Fry himself caused the fifth run with a squeeze play and Brayan Rocchio came home safely. The bottom of the ninth was courtesy of Clase, who allowed a double by Justyn-Henry Malloy, who ended up scoring, but managed to hang the long-awaited 27th out with a strikeout of Matt Vierling. Hunter Gaddis was the winning pitcher, while Clase earned the save. The defeated pitcher was Beau Brieske.
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