Overview
- Cleveland is 86-72, one game up on Detroit after Wednesday's win at Progressive Field, with four regular-season games left.
- Rookie George Valera hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the third off Jack Flaherty, his first at Progressive Field.
- Tanner Bibee allowed one run on five hits over six innings before a scoreless bullpen finished the final three frames.
- José Ramírez doubled home two in the seventh for his 725th career extra-base hit, tying Earl Averill's franchise mark.
- Detroit has lost eight straight and 11 of 12, while Cleveland has won 17 of 19 and holds the head-to-head tiebreaker.