Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Guardians
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Once 15 1/2 games back, the Guardians beat the Tigers 5-1 to take a 1-game lead in the AL Central
Cleveland (86-72) has a one-game lead over Detroit (85-73) with four games to play. The Guardians also have the tiebreaker by taking the season series.
The 1914 Boston Braves were 15 games back in the National League on July 4 and rallied to win by 10 1/2 games according to Elias. Since baseball went to division play in 1969, the biggest deficit overcome was 14 games by the 1978 New York Yankees to win the AL East.
Tanner Bibee (12-11) won his third straight start and allowed only one run in six innings, extending the streak of Guardians starters allowing two or fewer runs to 19 games. They are the first since the 2019 Tampa Bay Rays to go at least 19 games.
The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the third when Parker Meadows' sacrifice fly drove in Dillon Dingler.
Brayan Rocchio led off the Cleveland third with a double and then scored when Valera's drive appeared short of the wall in center before it was deflected off the glove of Meadows.
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- TV Channel: Tigers at Guardians 2022 MLB Baseball, is broadcasted on MLB.TV.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Dingler grounded out to second. |
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9th Inning | Smith relieved Junis |
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9th Inning | McKinstry singled to left. |
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9th Inning | Pérez popped out to shortstop. |
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9th Inning | Greene grounded out to second. |
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8th Inning | Halpin flied out to right. |
Statistics
 DET |
 CLE |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 15 | Ground Balls | 10 |
| 9 | Strikeouts | 9 |
| 1 | Runs Batted In | 5 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 6 | Hits | 8 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 1 |
| 2 | Walks | 2 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 1 | Runs | 5 |
| 1 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 1 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 31 | At Bats | 33 |
| 0 | Home Runs | 1 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 13 | Runners Left On Base | 16 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 0 | Doubles | 3 |
| 8 | Fly Balls | 14 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 155 | Pitches | 145 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 2 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
| 6 | Total Bases | 14 |
| 35 | Plate Appearances | 35 |
| 0.0 | Projected Home Runs | 162.0 |
| 0 | Extra Base Hits | 4 |
| 1.2 | Runs Created | 4.3 |
| .194 | Batting Average | .242 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .194 | Slugging Percentage | .424 |
| .065 | Secondary Average | .273 |
| .257 | On Base Percentage | .286 |
| .451 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .710 |
| 1.9 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.7 |
| 1.2 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 4.6 |
| 10.0 | Batter Rating | 38.0 |
| 0.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 33.0 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
| 4.43 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 4.14 |
| .000 | Isolated Power | .182 |
| 0.22 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.22 |
| .057 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .057 |
| -.129 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .030 |
| 2.0 | Runs Produced | 10.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.3 | Patience Ratio | 0.5 |
| 0.3 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
| 65.5 | MLB Rating | 83.3 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 26,293 | Capacity: