Detroit ends 8-game skid, ties Cleveland for AL Central lead
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The Red Sox will enter Friday's series opener as the AL's second wild card team, a game up on the Tigers and Guardians (who are tied atop the AL Central) and two games ahead of th
What seemed impossible just weeks ago is now true: the Guardians are the favorites in the American League Central.
With a 5–2 win over the Tigers on Tuesday night, Cleveland completed an improbable comeback and tied Detroit atop the American League Central. A team that was eight games under .500 and 15.5 games out of the division race in early July now has a 56.3% chance of winning it.
The drama in the American League Central is hitting its peak. After owning as much as a 14-game lead this season, and 9.5 games to start September, the Tigers are officially in second place in the division. The Guardians will still have work to do, but for now, they are responsible for an enormous comeback in the standings.
If the Cleveland Guardians wind up pulling off a baseball miracle and winning the American League Central this season, then the sixth inning of Tuesday's win over the Detroit Tigers will be remembered for a number of reasons -- all of them good, from the Cleveland standpoint, save for one scary moment involving David Fry.
For much of the summer, the Tigers looked all but certain to win the American League Central. But as the regular season nears its end, the Guardians have improbably surged back into the race. - Playoff picture: Bracket,
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