Lane Thomas hits 3-run homer to lead Guardians to 7-0 win in ALDS opener

lane thomas Hit a three-run homer in the first five-run blast. detroit one out, and cleveland patron highlighted his lights-out bullpen to complete a four-hitter in a 7–0 win over tigers Saturday in the AL Division Series opener.

Thomas’ shot – on the first swing of his career in the postseason – helped the Guardians shut down the Tigers, who entered the playoffs with a lead in the second half before defeating AL West champion Houston in the wild-card round.

“It started with the people in front of me,” Thomas said.

Tanner Bibi Guardians manager Stephen Vogt pitched 4 2/3 innings before opening the door for baseball’s best bullpen to eliminate the Tigers. The relievers combined to pitch 4 1/3 hitless innings to complete and match the largest shutout victory margin in Cleveland postseason history.

Detroit struck out 13 times and could not get a runner past first in the final four innings.

Cleveland’s bullpen was as advertised. Cheater cad smith (1-0) replaced Bibi and struck out all four batters. tim herrin took care of the seventh, hunter gaddis eighth, and Emmanuel Classwho led the AL with 47 saves, finishing ninth.

“It’s unbelievable. To come out and do what they do day in and day out, especially during the season, 162 (games), it shows what we have out there,” Thomas said.

david fry The pair added a two-run, sixth-inning double for the AL Central champion Guardians, who were unimpressed by missing nearly a week with a first-round bye.

Game 2 is Monday, when it’s the Tigers’ turn pull skubbleThe favorite to win the AL Cy Young Award, to try and even make a best-of-five series.

The 2,327th meeting between Detroit and Cleveland was the first postseason meeting between the franchises and the Central Division rivals.

It was like finishing after an innings.

Tigers manager AJ Hinch has made the right decisions for several months as his young club was below .500 at the trade deadline and qualifying for the postseason by going 33-13 through August 11.

Hinch used his bullpen early in Game 1 and it backfired.

The Guardians sent nine batters to the plate in the first, with Thomas’ moon shot into the left field bleachers for a 5–0 lead. Cleveland became the first team in AL postseason history to score five runs before getting shut out.

steven quan capped it off with a leadoff double against Tigers starter tyler holton (0-1) and Fry is gone. Jose Ramirez finished third with Hard Hopper Zach McKinstry Misplayed for an error, allowing Kwan to score.

Josh Naylor’s An RBI single made it 2-0 and Hinch pulled Holton after just four batters to bring in Reese Olson – a move that ended in seconds.

Thomas, who batted just .143 with 33 strikeouts in his first month with Cleveland after being acquired from Washington in July, made his first postseason with the Guardians unforgettable.

He fired Olson’s first pitch – a slider down the middle of the plate – and launched it over the wall, sending the majority of the 33,548 fans inside Progressive Field into a frenzy.

Bibi admitted that she was feeling nervous before the opener and showed some nervousness in the first match.

He gave up a single and a hit riley green With two outs, pitching coach Carl Willis was called to visit. I found my wife colt keith On a lazy fly to the final out on his 27th pitch.

Taking the mound with a five-run lead in the second helped BB make inroads. The right-hander gave up four hits and struck out six.

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Patron: rhp alex cobbA candidate to start Game 3, he was added to the ALDS roster after finishing the regular season on the injured list with a blister on his middle finger. Cobb’s postseason experience – he defeated Cleveland in the 2013 wild-card round with Tampa Bay – certainly helped his cause, along with being Vogt’s former teammate. Cobb was acquired from San Francisco in a July trade.

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Skubal led the AL in wins (18), ERA (2.39) and strikeouts (228). The left-hander is expected to face the Guardians RHP Matthew Boydwho spent eight seasons with the Tigers and remains a close friend of Skubal.

Reporting by the Associated Press.

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