Overview
- Detroit defeated Cleveland 6-3 in Thursday’s decider at Progressive Field to win the AL Wild Card Series.
- Dillon Dingler hit a go-ahead solo homer in the sixth before Wenceel Pérez’s two-RBI single headlined a four-run seventh.
- Jack Flaherty allowed one run over 4.2 innings, and Kyle Finnegan earned the win as the bullpen covered the final 4.1.
- The Tigers travel to Seattle to face the AL West champion Mariners in Game 1 of the Division Series on Saturday.
- Cleveland forced Game 3 with a 6-1 win in Game 2 behind Brayan Rocchio’s go-ahead eighth-inning homer and a five-run frame that also included a Bo Naylor blast.