It took 161 games, but we finally know the six teams that will battle it out in the American League playoffs.

After the Detroit Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox to clinch a spot earlier Saturday, the Guardians took it down to the wire in their game against the Texas Rangers, but a walk-off hit by pitch punched Cleveland’s ticket.

Cleveland (87-74) is guaranteed at least an American League wild card and remains tied with Detroit atop the AL Central going into the final day of the regular season.

The Guardians own the head-to-head tiebreaker, so a victory Sunday over Texas or a Tigers loss at Boston would give Cleveland its second consecutive division title following a stirring comeback this season.

The fourth-place Guardians were 40-48 through July 6 and still 15 1/2 games out of first tw

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