CLEVELAND — 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 DeLauter 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 would be on the Wild

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