DETROIT -- The evolution of Gavin Williams this season has never been more evident than it has been this week.

Imagine earlier this season, when Williams was an up-and-coming starter with promise, but one who was too often susceptible to delivering an inefficient performance that left folks feeling frustrated. The potential was there. The results were inconsistent. The short outings were plentiful.

Williams has come a long way in a few months. It’s why the Guardians had all the trust in the world to move up his start this week, so he would take the ball in one of their biggest series of the season -- in the heat of a postseason race that has gotten more interesting by the day. And Williams stepped up.

Williams tossed five scoreless innings in the Guardians’ 4-0 win over the Tigers a

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