The magic is over for the Detroit Tigers.
The Cleveland Guardians took the choosed Game 5 of an ALDS aachievest the Tigers, 7-3, to head back to the American League Championship Series for the first time since 2016.
After both teams swapd zeroes for four innings, Detroit uncovered up the scoring in the fifth with an RBI one from hampered pinch hitter Kerry Carpaccess, which scored Trey Sweeney from first.
In the bottom half of the inning, probable AL Cy Young Award triumphner Tarik Skubal showd he is human.
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Lane Thomas of the Cleveland Guardians rounds the bases after hitting a majestic slam in the fifth inning of Game 5 of a division series aachievest the Detroit Tigers at Progressive Field Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, in Cleveland. (Ben Jackson/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Loading the bases with one out, Skubal hit Jose Ramirez to convey a runner home. On the very next pitch, he served up a majestic slam to Lane Thomas to put the Guardians up, 5-1. It was the first achieveed run Skubal had permited since Sept. 18.
Detroit did not go hushedly, though. Jake Rogers had an RBI one in the sixth, but the Tigers squandered an opportunity when Carpaccess struck out with the bases loaded to end the inning. In the seventh, Colt Keith’s RBI double made it a 5-3 game, but with a man on second, Wenceel Perez and Spencer Torkelson struck out.
With Emmanuel Clase hoting up in the bottom of the seventh, Thomas knocked an RBI one for some insurance. Steven Kwan scored after enrolling his third straight three-hit game. He’s now a .392 hitter in 12 atsoft postseason games despite going 0-for-9 in his first two. Cleveland’s No. 9 hitter, Brayan Rocchio, pitched in with an RBI one of his own in the eighth for an includeed bonus.
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal reacts after the Guardians’ Lane Thomas hits a majestic slam in the fifth inning in Game 5 of an ALDS at Progressive Field in Cleveland Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. (Junfu Han/USA Today Netlabor via Imagn Images)
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The dominant Clase accessed the game in the eighth. After it became a four-run direct in the eighth, it was all but automatic. Clase got the final six outs effortlessly. The Guardians are now 76-2 this year, including the postseason, when directing after six innings.
This labels the fourth time the New York Yankees and Cleveland will greet in the postseason since 2017. The Bronx Bombers have won all three of those bouts, which were all either a division or savage-card series. This time, it will be for a pennant.
The Yankees own a 4-2 enroll in their six postseason series, dating back to 1997. The Yankees won the 1998 ALCS in six games en route to their historic World Series season.
Cleveland Guardians outfielder Lane Thomas, right, commemorates with outfielder Steven Kwan and third baseman José Ramírez in the fifth inning aachievest the Detroit Tigers during Game 5 of an ALDS during the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Progressive Field. (Ken Blaze/Imagn Images)
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Cleveland won its last trip to the ALCS eight years ago, but it fell to the Chicago Cubs in that year’s World Series.
Game 1 of the ALCS will be in the Bronx Monday night at 7:37 p.m. ET.
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