CLEVELAND — It was Aug. 24, when the Guardians wrapped up a nightmarish 1-5 road trip that knocked them under .500 for the first time in nearly a month. At 64-65 and losers of eight of nine games, it was fair to wonder whether the season was slipping away.

If the Guardians were going to go down, they were at least going to go down swinging.

“We’re going to keep fighting every single day until we’re either popping champagne or we’re out of it,” manager Stephen Vogt said that day, after a 5-0 loss to the Rangers at Globe Life Field. “That’s who we are. We’re going to fight every single day.”

The champagne shower that took over the home clubhouse at Progressive Field on Saturday was the ultimate prize for a team that never gave in. The Guardians punched their ticket back to the postseason

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