CLEVELAND -- After 2 1/2 weeks of torment, a historic collapse and the brink of elimination, the Tigers found their way past the Guardians at the perfect time, with the help of a former Ohio hero and a longtime Ohio nemesis. Dillon Dingler’s go-ahead home run in the sixth inning and Javier Báez’s leadoff double to ignite a four-run seventh led the Tigers out of their house of horrors with a 6-3 win on Thursday in Game 3 of their AL Wild Card Series at Progressive Field.

The victory sent the Tigers on their way to Seattle with a berth in the Division Series, where they seemed to be headed for most of the summer. Cleveland’s late-season surge and Detroit’s September struggles, including five losses to the Guardians over the final two weeks of the regular season, sent the Tigers on a round

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