Nacho Alvarez Jr. hit the first two homers of his career and drove in three runs as the visiting Atlanta Braves rallied past Detroit 6-5 on Saturday afternoon, sending the Tigers to their fifth straight loss and reducing their lead in the American League Central to one game over Cleveland.

The second-place Guardians swept a doubleheader over Minnesota Saturday with a pair of shutouts by a combined 14-0 margin.

Cleveland (84-71) has won 15 of its past 16 games while Detroit (85-70) has lost eight of nine.

For Atlanta (72-83) on Saturday, Jurickson Profar completed a two-run rally in the ninth with a tiebreaking RBI single as the Braves extended their winning streak to seven games. Drake Baldwin hit a two-run homer for Atlanta.

Dylan Dodd (1-0) tossed a scoreless inning in relief to earn

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