The Cleveland Guardians prevailed over Tarik Skubal and the Detroit Tigers on Thursday ( box score ), completing a three-game sweep on the road and extending their winning streak to seven games. In turn, the Guardians now find themselves just 3 ½ games behind the Tigers in the American League Central, a division that not long ago was considered a boat-race situation.

The aforementioned Skubal, who left his previous start with side tightness, surrendered just one run across six innings. Guardians starter Tanner Bibee matched Skubal, however, with his own quality start. Cleveland's offense was able to plate two runs off Tigers reliever Troy Melton , both courtesy of Jose Ramirez 's 29th home run of the year.

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