The Guardians head into the stretch run of the MLB regular season in the middle of the American League playoff race . Cleveland entered Sunday, Sept 21 with a season-best winning streak of 10 games, though that was snapped with a 6-2 loss.
A sweep of Detroit heading into the weekend series in Minnesota not only helped Cleveland climb up in the wild card standings but moved them within striking distance of the Detroit Tigers .
The Guardians have played their best baseball in September, winning 15 times in a 17-game span to keep themselves in the race for one of the American League three wild card spots and in the AL Central Division. As of 5:05 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 21, they had moved to within a half-game of the final wild card spot and 1 game of the Tigers, who also lost on S