The Cleveland Guardians entered Game 2 of the American League Wild Card series against the Detroit Tigers up against it. Tarik Skubal made history in Game 1, helping Detroit take a 1-0 series lead. Since Major League Baseball implemented the new, three-game wild card series (2022), only twice before had a team that lost Game 1 even forced a decisive Game 3.

You can add the Guardians to that list now.

Cleveland defeated their division rival 6-1 on Wednesday. However, the final score was by no means indicative of how the game actually played out.

Through seven innings, the score was tied 1-1. But it was the Tigers that had littered the base path with runners. Detroit had 13 baserunners in the loss and finished the game 1-for-15 with runners in scoring position.

Meanwhile, the Guard

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