US EditionGet Your Tigers Wild Card Playoff Tickets Against the Guardians Today Before They’re Gone
The best-of-three Wild Card Series will be played entirely at the Guardians' home stadium, with games scheduled for Tuesday through Thursday afternoon on ESPN.
- On Tuesday, the Detroit Tigers open the American League Wild Card Series at Progressive Field in Cleveland, with Game 1 set for 1:08 p.m. on ESPN.
- The Guardians' late surge overturned a midseason 15 1/2-game gap as Cleveland won the season series 8-5, claiming five of six late matchups against Detroit.
- Skubal, who struck out 17 over 12 innings in his last two turns, draws the Game 1 assignment against Gavin Williams, Tigers ace and AL Cy Young favorite.
- This matchup serves as a rematch of last year's AL Division Series and recent games, highlighted by Lane Thomas' grand slam off Tarik Skubal in Game 5.
- The series winner advances to face the two-seed Seattle Mariners, while Detroit, the first team with losing a double-digit lead, says it will regroup and prepare.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Guardians host the Tigers in Game 1 of AL Wild Card Series
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
Guardians ace Gavin Williams ‘star struck’ to be Game 1 playoff starter
It was inevitable that it would come down to this: The Guardians and Tigers are meeting in the best-of-three wild card series starting Sept. 30 at Progressive Field after playing three games in Detroit and three in Cleveland over the last two weeks of the regular season. The Guardians are sending Gavin Williams, their best pitcher, to the mound to face Tarik Skubal — the Tigers’ best pitcher — in Game 1. Each was on the mound Sept. 23 when the G…
Rockdale Citizen & Newton Citizen
Marietta Daily JournalGuardians welcome Tigers for wild-card series after late-season surge
CLEVELAND -- For the second straight postseason, the American League Central champion Cleveland Guardians will take on the Detroit Tigers.
Tigers lose finale, head to Cleveland with ‘clean slate’ for wild-card series
BOSTON — The Tigers were assembling back into the clubhouse Saturday night, corked bottles of champagne in their hands ready to be shaken and sprayed, waiting for manager AJ Hinch to deliver his celebratory address after they clinched a playoff spot. Related Articles Tigers return to Cleveland for Wild Card Series after falling short of AL Central title Here’s the Tigers vs. Guardians schedule in wild-card series o…
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