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Tigers look for parting shot at Guardians in finale of season series
The high point of the Detroit Tigers' season came against the Cleveland Guardians on Aug. 13, when they moved into a share of an American League wild-card spot with a home win.,Their low point did, as well, as Cleveland's two walk-off wins in a doubleheader sweep Friday essentially knocked the Tiger...

Riley Greene smacks two HRs to help Tigers defeat Guardians
All-Star outfielder Riley Greene had four RBIs in his ninth career multi-homer game as the visiting Detroit Tigers bounced back from a doubleheader sweep, beating the Cleveland Guardians 6-0 on Saturday night.,Framber Valdez (9-10) pitched seven scoreless innings, matching his season high, and allow...

Guardians eager to maintain dominance over Tigers
The Cleveland Guardians all but ended the postseason dreams of the visiting Detroit Tigers with two walk-off, comeback wins in their Friday split doubleheader.,Cleveland's Parker Messick (11-8, 2.46 ERA) will oppose fellow left-hander Framber Valdez (8-10, 4.36) of Detroit in the third contest of th...

Guardians rally, walk off Tigers to sweep doubleheader
Travis Bazzana singled home Brayan Rocchio with two outs in the 10th inning, giving the Cleveland Guardians a 4-3 victory and their second walk-off win of the day over the Detroit Tigers on Friday.,Cleveland swept the doubleheader when Bazzana smacked a pitch from Kenley Jansen (4-6) back through th...

Brayan Rocchio's second HR is a walk-off as Guardians stun Tigers
Brayan Rocchio hit his second homer of the game, a solo shot in the bottom of the ninth inning, to give the Cleveland Guardians a 7-6 come-from-behind win over the visiting Detroit Tigers in the first half of a day/night doubleheader on Friday afternoon.,Rocchio belted a grand slam in the fourth inn...

Tigers intend to keep fighting in doubleheader vs. Guardians
This weekend will mark the Detroit Tigers' biggest test yet. If they are to extend their streak of postseason appearances to three, they need to fare well in their four-game series at the Cleveland Guardians.,The set will begin with a split doubleheader on Friday.,Tigers right-hander Keider Montero ...

Blue Jays surge past fellow wild-card contending Guardians
Nathan Lukes delivered the go-ahead, two-run double in a four-run fifth inning and rookie Brett Bateman had three hits as the visiting Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-3 on Thursday afternoon.,Toronto (70-71) scored five consecutive runs to claim the rubber match of the three-game se...

Fresh off shutout rout, Blue Jays seek series win vs. Guardians
The season series will be on the line Thursday afternoon when the visiting Toronto Blue Jays and the Cleveland Guardians clash in the rubber match of a three-game set.,The Blue Jays squared the three-game set with an 11-0 victory on Wednesday night as starter Dylan Cease gave up only four hits over ...

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ignites Blue Jays' rout of Guardians
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 3-for-4 with a home run and a season-high five RBIs Wednesday night and the visiting Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Cleveland Guardians 11-0.,Guerrero, who has had a disappointing season at the plate, hit a three-run homer, an RBI double and an RBI single.,Toronto starter ...

Guardians strive to distance themselves from Jays in AL wild-card race
The Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday night will be out for a series win that would push the visiting Toronto Blue Jays further behind in the American League wild-card race.,The Guardians (70-68) defeated the Blue Jays (68-71) in the opener of the three-game series 6-1 on Tuesday.,The outcome shoved ...

Gavin Williams fans career-high 13 as Guardians down Blue Jays
Gavin Williams struck out a career-best 13 over seven strong innings and was supported by three homers Tuesday night as the Cleveland Guardians defeated the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 6-1.,Williams (13-7) held the Blue Jays to one unearned run on two hits and one walk in the opener of an important t...

Jose Ramirez (HR, 4 RBIs), Guardians cool off Royals in rout
Jose Ramirez homered and drove in four runs and Nathaniel Lowe hit a homer and drove in three to lead the host Cleveland Guardians to an 11-1 drubbing of the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.,Jo Adell was 3-for-4 with three RBIs and a run, Chase DeLauter was 4-for-4 with three runs and an RBI and Steven...

Red-hot Royals chase series sweep of Guardians
The Kansas City Royals no longer resemble the bumbling squad that sat 24 games under .500 in mid-August.,The Royals are now the hottest team in the majors. They will look to record their 13th victory in 14 games when they close a three-game series against the host Cleveland Guardians on Sunday after...

Josh Rojas drives in 4 as red-hot Royals rally past Guardians
Josh Rojas hit a two-run homer and tied his career high with four RBIs as the surging Kansas City Royals scored eight straight runs to beat the host Cleveland Guardians 8-3 on Saturday afternoon.,Rojas had a two-run single in the sixth inning and added a two-run homer in the eighth to lift Kansas Ci...

Royals remain optimistic ahead of rematch vs. Guardians
Bobby Witt Jr. hasn't given up on the Kansas City Royals' postseason dreams. Neither has manager Matt Quatraro. Until they officially are eliminated, it's still game on.,Red-hot Kansas City continues its late-season push on Saturday afternoon, playing the middle contest in a three-game series at the...

Michael Wacha fans 10 in 8 innings as Royals blank Guardians
All-Star Michael Wacha struck out 10 over eight innings and Carter Jensen hit a two-run homer in the ninth, sending the red-hot Kansas City Royals to a 3-0 victory over the host Cleveland Guardians on Friday night.,Wacha (8-8) allowed four singles and did not issue a walk in tying his longest start ...

Surging Guardians return home to face sizzling Royals
The Cleveland Guardians hit the road last Friday with their postseason hopes slipping. ,After two comebacks in last-at-bat victories and seven straight wins overall, they're back home in a much better position.,Cleveland's Tanner Bibee (5-13, 3.97 ERA) will oppose Kansas City Royals fellow right-han...

Guardians score twice in ninth to sweep Angels
Travis Bazzana drove in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning with a sacrifice fly and Steven Kwan had two hits, including a ground-rule double that drove in the tying run, as the Cleveland Guardians rallied from a 3-0 deficit to complete a three-game series sweep of the Los Angeles Angels with a 4-3...

Angels' Grayson Rodriguez continues comeback vs. 'gutsy' Guardians
Coming off his finest outing in a comeback season, Los Angeles Angels right-hander Grayson Rodriguez will try to cool off the Cleveland Guardians in the finale of a three-game series on Wednesday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif.,Rodriguez (4-5, 6.41 ERA), sidelined for almost 22 months because of right ...

Jose Ramirez knocks in 5, including 2 in 10th, as Guardians top Angels
Jose Ramirez doubled three times and drove in five runs, capped by a go-ahead two-run double in the 10th inning, as the Cleveland Guardians rallied from an early five-run deficit to defeat the Los Angeles Angels 8-6 on Tuesday in Anaheim, Calif.,Ramirez lined a one-out double off Los Angeles relieve...