Grand slam lifts Guardians over Tigers in ALDS, setting up date with Yankees for American League pennant

The magic is implicit for the Detroit Tigers.

The Cleveland Guardians took the decisive Game 5 of an ALDS against the Tigers, 7-3, to caput backmost to the American League Championship Series for the archetypal clip since 2016.

After some teams exchanged zeroes for 4 innings, Detroit opened up the scoring successful the 5th with an RBI azygous from hampered pinch hitter Kerry Carpenter, which scored Trey Sweeney from first. 

In the bottommost fractional of the inning, apt AL Cy Young Award victor Tarik Skubal proved helium is human.

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Lane Thomas of the Cleveland Guardians rounds the bases aft hitting a expansive slam successful the 5th inning of Game 5 of a part bid against the Detroit Tigers astatine Progressive Field Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, successful Cleveland.  (Ben Jackson/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Loading the bases with 1 out, Skubal deed Jose Ramirez to bring a runner home. On the precise adjacent pitch, helium served up a expansive slam to Lane Thomas to enactment the Guardians up, 5-1. It was the archetypal earned tally Skubal had allowed since Sept. 18.

Detroit did not spell quietly, though. Jake Rogers had an RBI azygous successful the sixth, but the Tigers squandered an accidental erstwhile Carpenter struck retired with the bases loaded to extremity the inning. In the seventh, Colt Keith's RBI treble made it a 5-3 game, but with a antheral connected second, Wenceel Perez and Spencer Torkelson struck out.

With Emmanuel Clase warming up successful the bottommost of the seventh, Thomas knocked an RBI azygous for immoderate insurance. Steven Kwan scored aft signaling his 3rd consecutive three-hit game. He's present a .392 hitter successful 12 vocation postseason games contempt going 0-for-9 successful his archetypal two. Cleveland's No. 9 hitter, Brayan Rocchio, pitched successful with an RBI azygous of his ain successful the eighth for an added bonus.

Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal reacts aft the Guardians' Lane Thomas hits a expansive slam successful the 5th inning successful Game 5 of an ALDS astatine Progressive Field successful Cleveland Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. (Junfu Han/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

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The ascendant Clase entered the crippled successful the eighth. After it became a four-run pb successful the eighth, it was each but automatic. Clase got the last six outs effortlessly. The Guardians are present 76-2 this year, including the postseason, erstwhile starring aft six innings.

This marks the 4th clip the New York Yankees and Cleveland volition conscionable successful the postseason since 2017. The Bronx Bombers person won each 3 of those bouts, which were each either a part oregon wild-card series. This time, it volition beryllium for a pennant.

The Yankees ain a 4-2 grounds successful their six postseason series, dating backmost to 1997. The Yankees won the 1998 ALCS successful six games en way to their historical World Series season.

Cleveland Guardians outfielder Lane Thomas, right, celebrates with outfielder Steven Kwan and 3rd baseman José Ramírez successful the 5th inning against the Detroit Tigers during Game 5 of an ALDS during the 2024 MLB Playoffs astatine Progressive Field.  (Ken Blaze/Imagn Images)

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Cleveland won its past travel to the ALCS 8 years ago, but it fell to the Chicago Cubs successful that year's World Series.

Game 1 of the ALCS volition beryllium successful the Bronx Monday nighttime astatine 7:37 p.m. ET.

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