Cleveland Guardians at Detroit Tigers
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Surging Guardians complete sweep with 3-1 win over slumping Tigers in Tarik Skubal's return
Cleveland has won seven straight to close within 3 1/2 games of the AL Central-leading Tigers with a little more than a week left in the regular season. The teams are scheduled for three more games Sept. 23-25.
Detroit has lost six of its last seven games and 15 of 22, turning an 11 1/2-game cushion into a lead that isn't comfortable.
Returning from an injury scare last week, Skubal gave up one run, seven hits and struck out nine over six innings.
The reigning AL Cy Young Award and pitching Triple Crown winner was replaced by right-hander Troy Melton in the seventh in a 1-all game. Nine pitches later, Ramirez broke the tie with a 368-foot shot to right.
Cleveland's Jhonkensy Noel hit a game-tying solo homer in the fourth.
Tanner Bibee (11-11) gave up one run and four hits while striking out eight over six innings. Tim Herrin and Kolby Allard followed with two innings of scoreless relief and Hunter Gaddis pitched the ninth for his third save.
Melton (3-2) took the loss after allowing two runs on two hits and a walk in 1 2/3 innings.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Ibáñez fouled out to third. |
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9th Inning | Pérez grounded into double play, first to shortstop, Torkelson out at second. |
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9th Inning | Torkelson singled to left. |
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9th Inning | Gaddis relieved Allard |
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9th Inning | Manzardo popped out to second. |
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9th Inning | Ramírez flied out to center. |
Statistics
 CLE |
 DET |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 7 | Ground Balls | 8 |
| 11 | Strikeouts | 10 |
| 3 | Runs Batted In | 1 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 10 | Hits | 5 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 1 |
| 3 | Walks | 4 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 3 | Runs | 1 |
| 0 | Ground Into Double Play | 1 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 37 | At Bats | 30 |
| 2 | Home Runs | 0 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 17 | Runners Left On Base | 17 |
| 1 | Triples | 0 |
| 1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 0 | Doubles | 2 |
| 19 | Fly Balls | 12 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 153 | Pitches | 155 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 1 | Pinch At Bats | 1 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
| 18 | Total Bases | 7 |
| 40 | Plate Appearances | 34 |
| 324.0 | Projected Home Runs | 0.0 |
| 3 | Extra Base Hits | 2 |
| 5.9 | Runs Created | 1.7 |
| .270 | Batting Average | .167 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .486 | Slugging Percentage | .233 |
| .297 | Secondary Average | .233 |
| .325 | On Base Percentage | .265 |
| .811 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .498 |
| 0.4 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.7 |
| 5.9 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 1.8 |
| 30.5 | Batter Rating | 14.0 |
| 18.5 | At Bats Per Home Run | 0.0 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
| 3.83 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 4.56 |
| .216 | Isolated Power | .067 |
| 0.27 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.40 |
| .075 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .118 |
| .027 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .067 |
| 6.0 | Runs Produced | 2.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.5 | Patience Ratio | 0.3 |
| 0.3 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
| 84.3 | MLB Rating | 65.5 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 34,267 | Capacity: