The Detroit Tigers dropped six of seven games to the Cleveland Guardians during the final month of the regular season and watched an 11-game lead evaporate in September. AJ Hinch's ballclub had to accept going to Progressive Field for a best-of-three American League Wild Card Series after losing the division , a previously unfathomable outcome that could have easily grated on the cats. They had a short memory, however, and pulled off a terrific turnaround.

The Tigers looked like their old selves in the decisive Game 3, earning a 6-3 victory in the face of a lively Cleveland crowd. Kerry Carpenter set the tone with an RBI double in the third inning, Jack Flaherty provided 4 2/3 innings of one-run ball, Ohio native Dillon Dingler broke a 1-1 tie with a 401-foot solo home run in the

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