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Tigers ace Skubal gets start as Detroit faces Cleveland in Game 5 winner-gets-Yankees ALDS matchup
CLEVELAND (AP) — Tarik Skubal's itching to have another emotional October outburst that makes Tigers fans roar — even if it embarrasses his mom. Baseball's premier pitcher all season, the heat-throwing Skubal — a lock to win the AL Cy Young Award — will start Game 5 for...
Tigers slugger Kerry Carpenter's status for Game 5 of ALDS unclear due to hamstring injury
CLEVELAND (AP) — Detroit Tigers slugger Kerry Carpenter was undergoing treatment Friday and resting a hamstring injury that could keep him out of Saturday's decisive Game 5 of the AL Division Series against the Cleveland Guardians. Carpenter, who hit a three-run homer to win Game...
MLB moves start of Tigers-Guardians decisive ALDS Game 5 from night to day
CLEVELAND (AP) — Citing a chance of inclement weather, Major League Baseball moved the start time of Saturday's decisive Game 5 of the AL Division Series between Detroit and Cleveland from 8:08 p.m. to a 1:08 p.m. The change was announced Friday as the Tigers were going through a...
Fry's 2-run homer, squeeze bunt lead Guardians over Tigers 5-4 and force ALDS Game 5
DETROIT (AP) — Pinch-hitter David Fry had a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning, then bunted home an insurance run in the ninth to help the Cleveland Guardians force a decisive Game 5 against the Detroit Tigers in their AL Division Series with a 5-4 victory on Thursday night. ...
David Fry's HR and run-scoring bunt help Guardians beat Tigers 5-4, forcing decisive Game 5 in ALDS
DETROIT (AP) — David Fry was called on to make two clutch plays at the plate, and he delivered both times to extend the Cleveland Guardians' season. Fry delivered a go-ahead, two-run homer as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning and laid down a safety squeeze bunt for a...
Guardians end 20-inning scoreless streak, Thomas hits RBI single in 1st inning of ALDS Game 4
DETROIT (AP) — Lane Thomas ended the Cleveland Guardians ' 20-inning scoreless streak with an RBI single in the first inning of AL Division Series Game 4 against the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night. Steven Kwan led off with an opposite-field single to left, extending his...
Tigers starting Reese Olson against Guardians in Game 4 of ALDS, planning to pause pitching chaos
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit manager A.J. Hinch planned to start right-hander Reese Olson against Cleveland in Game 4 of the AL Division Series with a chance to advance and hoped to leave him on the mound for more than just an inning or two. Hinch has used what he calls “pitching...
Cleveland shut out by Detroit for 2nd straight game in AL Division Series
DETROIT (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians knew what was coming in Game 3, and it didn't matter. The pitching plans for the Detroit Tigers are working quite well at the moment. Detroit sent six pitchers to the mound while shutting out Cleveland for the second straight...
Tigers blank Guardians 3-0 in ALDS with clutch hitting and strong pitching, taking 2-1 series lead
DETROIT (AP) — Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson each drove in a run, and six pitchers combined to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 3-0 win over Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday and a 2-1 lead in their AL Division Series. The Tigers, baseball's hottest team the past two months, will...
Tigers host Guardians in Game 3, bringing MLB playoffs back to Motor City for first time in decade
DETROIT (AP) — The Motor City has not hosted a playoff baseball game in a decade. The long wait is almost over. The Detroit Tigers play the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday with their best-of-five AL Division Series tied at one game apiece, ending a drought that has...
