For the third time in less than a month, the Cleveland Guardians made a semi-circle in the middle of their clubhouse and emptied champagne and beer bottles on each other as “Rocky Top” blasted through ...
By the time the five games were over, the Guardians and Tigers had given each other everything they had. They’d combined for 45 pitching changes. They’d combined for 21 pinch-hit plate appearances.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, facing possibly the best pitcher in baseball, Tarik Skubal, Lane Thomas blasted a grand slam that un-tied the game at one and put Cleveland ahead for good in Game 5.