Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Guardians

· Major League Baseball

Detroit Tigers

51-53, 27-29 Away

Final
3 - 0

Cleveland Guardians

61-41, 33-15 Home

Javier Báez hits a 3-run homer, Tigers blank Guardians 3-0

Báez homered for the first time since April 14, belting a 409-footer into the left-field bleachers in his second game at the bottom of the batting order. It was his second home run in 217 at-bats this season and raised his average to .180.

The Guardians, who have the best home record in the AL at 33-15, lost for the eighth time in 12 games and had their lead in the Central cut to 4 1/2 games over Minnesota. They were shut out for the fourth time in a 10-game span.

“I wouldn’t call it a funk, I would just say we’ve lost more games than we’ve won the last couple of weeks,” Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said. “I like our bats. I like where we are. Everybody needs to relax and be themselves.”

Easton Lucas (1-0) picked up his first major league win with two perfect innings of relief, while Shelby Miller earned his second save. Tyler Holton, Alex Faedo, Jason Foley and Andrew Chafin also pitched on a bullpen day.

“Mission accomplished,” Miller said. “We all came in knowing we were needed, and everyone came out and got the job done.”

Bligh Madris and Jake Rogers scored on Báez’s blast off Guardians starter Gavin Williams (0-3). The right-hander threw a career-high 105 pitches in six innings and struck out a season-high nine, but has lost all three of his home appearances.

Holton started for the second time in the series and went two innings, two days after pitching 1 2/3 scoreless. Lucas followed him on the mound.

“The first win is awesome,” Lucas said, smiling. “I got the (beer) shower in the locker room and everything. It was fun.”

Steven Kwan of the Guardians went 0 for 4, lowering his average to .341 and dropping him out of the major league batting lead. Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr. is now first at .344.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Guardians: RHP Tanner Bibee (bilateral leg cramps) will make his next start Monday at Detroit, as scheduled. The staff ace experienced cramping as he warmed up in the sixth inning Wednesday, forcing him to leave the game against the Tigers.

Tigers: RHP Keider Montero (1-3, 5.97 ERA) starts against Twins RHP Pablo López (8-7, 4.86 ERA) in the first game of a three-game series Friday at Comerica Park.

Guardians: RHP Ben Lively (8-6, 3.57 ERA) takes on Phillies LHP Cristopher Sánchez (7-5, 2.97 ERA) in the Friday opener of a three-game set at Citizens Bank Park.

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Matchup Prediction

Guardians: 61.9%

Tigers: 38.1%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Brennan flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Ramírez to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Ramírez walked.
	9th Inning	Martínez lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Kwan struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Miller relieved Chafin

Statistics

DET		CLE
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
7	Ground Balls	10
10	Strikeouts	10
3	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	0
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	29
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	3
17	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	0
155	Pitches	135
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	3
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	7
36	Plate Appearances	31
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
3.0	Runs Created	0.3
.235	Batting Average	.138
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.353	Slugging Percentage	.241
.176	Secondary Average	.138
.278	On Base Percentage	.194
.631	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.435
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
3.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.3
25.0	Batter Rating	10.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.31	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.35
.118	Isolated Power	.103
0.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.10
.056	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.032
-.059	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
6.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
76.5	MLB Rating	61.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0