It’s time for them to win or go home cleveland patron And kansas city royals In the American League Division Series.
In the first of two ALDS games Thursday, the Guardians will try to avoid seeing their season end at the hands of increasing pressure. detroit tigersThen, in the late match, the Royals will try to maintain it New York Yankees From celebrating an ALCS berth on their field in Kansas City.
We’ve covered everything from live updates and analysis during the game to takeaways after the final pitch and what’s next for each team.
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live update
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Cleveland Guardians at Detroit Tigers, 6:08 p.m.
Detroit leads the series 2-1
Pitching Matchups: Tanner Bibi (12-8, 3.47 ERA) vs. reese olson (4-8, 3.53 ERA)
starting lineup:
the guardians
steven quan (l) lf
Kyle Manzardo (L) DH
jose ramirez (s)3b
Josh Naylor (L) 1B
lane thomas (r) cf
Will Brennan (L) RF
andres jimenez (L) 2B
Bo Naylor (l)c
brian rocio (s) ss
tigers
parker meadows (l) cf
kerry carpenter (L) DH
matt virling (R) RF
riley green (l) lf
colt keith (L) 2B
spencer torkelson (R) 1B
Zach McKinstry (L)3B
Trey Sweeney (l) ss
jake rogers (R) C
New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals, 8:08 p.m.
New York leads 2-1 in the series
Pitching Matchups: gerrit cole (8-5, 3.41 ERA) vs. Michael Wacha (13-8, 3.35 ERA)
starting lineup:
Yankees
Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
juan soto (L) RF
aaron judge (r) cf
Austin Wells (l) c
giancarlo stanton (R) DH
jazz chisholm jr(L)3B
Anthony Volpe (r) ss
alex verdugo (l) lf
john bertie (R) 1B
royal family
michael massey (L) 2B
bobby wit jr(r) ss
vinny pasquantino (L) DH
salvador perez (R) C
Yuli Gurriel (R) 1B
MJ Melendez (l) lf
tommy pham (R) RF
kyle isbell (l) cf
michael garcia (R)3B