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Guardians Sweep Twins to Reach 10 Straight Wins, Close Within One Game of Tigers

Tiebreakers now loom large after Detroit's stumble, with Houston outside the field.

Overview

  • Cleveland completed a 6-0, 8-0 day-night sweep in Minneapolis, pushing its winning streak to 10 and trimming Detroit’s AL Central lead to one game with a week left.
  • José Ramírez hit his 30th homer to complete a 30-30 season for the third time, Bo Naylor went deep twice, and George Valera recorded his first career homer as Cleveland launched five in Game 1.
  • Detroit’s slide continued with a 6-5 loss to Atlanta, where rookie Nacho Alvarez Jr. hit his first two MLB homers and later tied the game before Jurickson Profar delivered the go-ahead single.
  • Houston fell 6-4 in Seattle, dropping outside the AL playoff picture as the Mariners secured the season-series tiebreaker over the Astros, and Cleveland holds the head-to-head edge on Houston.
  • In other race movers, the Mets lost 5-3 in 11 innings on Daylen Lile’s inside-the-park homer to cede wild-card ground, while the Yankees beat the Orioles 6-1 to pull within two of Toronto, which holds the division tiebreaker.