Cleveland edges Detroit 3-2

Cleveland beat Detroit 3-2 in 10 innings on Sunday, September 6, at Progressive Field, completing a one-run win that kept the Guardians above.500 late in the regular season. Fox Sports’ box score shows the Tigers led 2-0 after the first inning before Cleveland tied the game and won it in the bottom of the 10th. ESPN’s team schedule page lists Cleveland at 73-72 after the result, second in the American League Central. The scoring line shows a tight game throughout. Detroit finished with two runs on four hits and no errors, while Cleveland had three runs on seven hits and no errors, according to the box score. The game went to extra innings after neither club scored in the ninth. ### How did Detroit grab the lead so quickly? (foxsports.com) Riley Greene put Detroit ahead in the top of the first inning with a two-run double off Gavin Williams. Fox Sports’ play-by-play lists Greene’s hit as the game’s first scoring play and Detroit’s only runs of the afternoon. The Tigers did not score again over the final nine innings. (foxsports.com) Jackson Jobe started for Detroit, and Cleveland answered immediately. Travis Bazzana doubled in a run in the bottom of the first to cut the lead to 2-1, leaving the Guardians chasing a single run for most of the game. ### Where did Cleveland pull even? Brayan Rocchio tied the game in the fifth inning with a solo home run, his 13th of the season, according to Fox Sports. (foxsports.com) That made it 2-2 and reset the game after four scoreless innings on both sides. The inning-by-inning line shows neither team scored from the sixth through the ninth. (foxsports.com) Cleveland’s bullpen then carried the game into extras without allowing another Detroit run. ### Who carried the game on the mound? Gavin Williams gave Cleveland six innings, allowing four hits and two earned runs while striking out 11. (foxsports.com) Fox Sports lists Williams as Cleveland’s top pitching line from the game, with Cade Smith later earning the win after two scoreless innings. Cade Smith worked two innings without allowing a hit or a run and struck out five, according to the same box score. On Detroit’s side, Kyle Finnegan took the loss after entering in the 10th inning. ### What ended it in the 10th? Daniel Schneemann won the game with a single in the bottom of the 10th inning off Kyle Finnegan, driving in the winning run. (foxsports.com) Fox Sports lists that hit as the final scoring play after Finnegan replaced Kenley Jansen to begin the inning. The final sequence capped Cleveland’s comeback from the first-inning deficit. (foxsports.com) Fox Sports’ recap line described it as the Guardians shutting down the Tigers after falling behind early and winning in 10 innings. ### Where does the result leave Cleveland? ESPN’s schedule page shows Cleveland at 73-72 after the win, with the Guardians in second place in the AL Central. (foxsports.com) Baseball-Reference’s Tigers schedule page and the MLB schedule confirm the September 6 game as part of the Detroit-Cleveland series. MLB and ESPN schedule pages list Cleveland’s upcoming games on its remaining regular-season slate. (foxsports.com) Those pages are the next place to track the Guardians after the extra-inning win over Detroit on September 6. (mlb.com) (espn.com)