Cleveland Guardians at Detroit Tigers

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Cleveland Guardians

57-34, 27-23 Away

Final
4 - 5

Detroit Tigers

44-49, 21-23 Home

Vierling homers, drives in 3 runs, and Tigers hang on to beat Guardians 5-4

Reese Olson (4-8) improved to 3-0 with a 2.40 ERA in his past five starts, allowing three runs on six hits in six innings as Detroit won for the fifth time in six games.

The Tigers led 5-3 going into the ninth, but Alex Faedo issued two walks and had a wild pitch to start the inning, putting the tying run in scoring position.

Andrés Giménez made it 5-4 with a sacrifice fly, with Gabriel Arias taking third. Jason Foley replaced Faedo and got Tyler Freeman to hit a grounder to first. Gio Urshela threw Arias out at the plate with Freeman taking second during the lengthy rundown.

“We told Gabe to go on contact and if they threw home to stay in a rundown long enough for (Freeman) to get into scoring position,” Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said. “He executed it perfectly.”

Arias forced the Tigers to make five throws before recording the out.

“We probably had a couple more throws than we wanted to make,” said Vierling, who eventually made the tag. “It got a little dicey, but we got the out.”

Brayan Rocchio was intentionally walked and Foley's wild pitch moved the runners to second and third before he retired Austin Hedges on a grounder for his 15th save.

“We got to pick the guy we wanted to face, but we didn't plan for the second pitch to the backstop,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “It's a win, and you are never mad about a win.”

Tanner Bibee (7-4) allowed four runs on five hits in seven innings. He is now 0-3 with a 6.98 ERA in four starts against the Tigers.

“I hate that it took me three innings to make an adjustment,” Bibee said. “I just wasn't very good out there.”

The Tigers took a 2-0 lead when Colt Keith hit an RBI triple in the first inning and scored on Vierling's sacrifice fly. Angel Martínez tied the game with a two-run double in the third.

Vierling hit a two-run homer in the third to put Detroit ahead 4-2.

“I think it was a curveball or sweeper that he got up in the zone,” Vierling said. “I was able to put a good swing on it — we had a few of those tonight.”

Daniel Schneemann replied with a solo home run in the fourth.

Andy Ibáñez made it 5-3 with a pinch-hit homer in the eighth.

After going 3-3 with three intentional walks in Tuesday's 9-8 win, José Ramírez singled in the first inning — his seventh straight time on base — but went 0 for 3 in the rest of the game.

The game was delayed for 10 minutes in the fourth inning when home plate umpire Jansen Visconti left after taking a foul tip off his left hand. He was replaced by David Arrieta, with James Hoye and Mike Muchlinski handling the bases. Arrieta took a foul tip off the mask in the ninth, but stayed in the game.

The teams finish their four-game series on Thursday with Guardians RHP Spencer Howard (1-1, 5.63 ERA) starting against RHP Jack Flaherty (5-5, 3.24). The teams play 10 times in July.

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Matchup Prediction

Tigers: 43.2%

Guardians: 56.8%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Hedges grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Rocchio to second on wild pitch by Foley, Freeman to third on wild pitch by Foley.
	9th Inning	Rocchio intentionally walked.
	9th Inning	Freeman grounded into fielder's choice to first, Freeman to second, Arias out at home in rundown.
	9th Inning	Foley relieved Faedo
	9th Inning	Giménez hit sacrifice fly to right, J. Naylor scored, Arias to third.

Statistics

CLE		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
14	Ground Balls	7
4	Strikeouts	9
4	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	5
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
31	At Bats	28
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	6
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
1	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	3
14	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
157	Pitches	138
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	18
36	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	6
3.4	Runs Created	6.2
.226	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.387	Slugging Percentage	.643
.290	Secondary Average	.500
.306	On Base Percentage	.333
.693	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.976
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
3.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.6
30.0	Batter Rating	41.5
31.0	At Bats Per Home Run	14.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.36	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.18
.161	Isolated Power	.393
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.111	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.091
.065	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.250
8.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
80.3	MLB Rating	87.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0