CLEVELAND (AP) — When Chase DeLauter walked out to right field for the seventh inning of Game 2 of the AL Wild Card Series, the Guardians outfielder looked up to the upper deck of Progressive Field.

That was the moment when the Hedgesville native was finally able to reflect on a memorable big league debut.

After dropping the first fly ball hit to him, DeLauter ended up making the defensive play of the game as Cleveland beat the Detroit Tigers 6-1 on Wednesday to send the best-of-three series to a deciding game on Thursday.

“Just unreal emotions the last couple days, and then we come out here and get a win and get to keep playing ball,” said DeLauter, who turns 24 on Oct. 8.

DeLauter was the first Cleveland player to make his big league debut in a postseason game. After telling him he

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