Kerry Carpenter hit a three-run homer in the first inning to help the visiting Detroit Tigers to a 4-3 win against the Cleveland Guardians in the third game of their four-game series on Saturday night.
Javier Baez also homered and Spencer Torkelson had two hits, two walks and a run for the Tigers, who have won three of four overall, including two of the first three in the weekend set.
Detroit starter Matt Manning (5-4) picked up the win after he allowed two runs and five hits in six innings. He struck out two and walked one.
Cleveland rookie right-hander Tanner Bibee (9-3) was tagged for three runs and five hits in five innings, striking out six and walking one.
Bo Naylor had three hits, Andres Gimenez had two and Kole Calhoun hit his first home run as a member of the Guardians, who have dropped three of four overall.
With a runner at first and two out in the first inning, Torkelson fell behind 0-2, but worked a 10-pitch walk. Carpenter then lined a one-strike changeup just over the fence in right field for his 17th of the season and a 3-0 lead.
Calhoun went deep with two outs in the bottom half of the inning to cut the deficit to 3-1.
Calhoun, 35, was playing in his 12th game with Cleveland since he was acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers on Aug. 4.
The Guardians' Gabriel Arias led off the fifth with a single and scored when Naylor doubled off the wall in center. Arias was initially held at third, but he was sent home when the Tigers were unable to complete a clean relay, cutting the lead to 3-2.
Naylor also took third on the error, but the Guardians were unable to bring him home.
Baez got the run back when he led off the seventh with an opposite-field home run to right-center stretch the lead to 4-2.
Will Vest replaced Manning to start the seventh, and the Guardians strung together three hits, a one-out double by Naylor and singles from Myles Straw and Steven Kwan to cut the lead to 4-3. However, Alex Lange replaced Vest and stranded the bases loaded.
The Guardians put runners on second and third with one out in the eighth off Andrew Vasquez, but he got Naylor to pop out and struck out Straw.
Jason Foley struck out two batters in a 1-2-3 ninth inning to earn his seventh save of the season and second in the series.
—Field Level Media