Overview

• Cleveland beat Detroit 6-1 in Game 2 at Progressive Field, breaking a 1-1 tie with a five-run eighth inning.
• Brayan Rocchio, who hit only five homers in 2025 after a May demotion, delivered the go-ahead solo shot in the eighth.
• George Valera opened the scoring with a first-inning solo off Casey Mize, and Bo Naylor added a three-run homer later in the eighth.
• Relievers Erik Sabrowski, Hunter Gaddis, Tim Herrin, Jakob Junis and Cade Smith combined for 4 1/3 scoreless innings after Tanner Bibee started.
• Rocchio’s blast was the club’s first go-ahead homer in the eighth inning or later when facing elimination in franchise postseason history.