BOSTON — The Detroit Tigers are heading back to the familiar surroundings of Progressive Field in Cleveland after a short diversion to Boston.

Detroit will be on the road to face the Guardians in a best-of-three Wild Card Series starting Tuesday after Cleveland claimed the AL Central title on the last day of the regular season. The teams met six times in the season's last 12 games as the Guardians completed an unprecedented charge to the division crown.

“We’re going to Cleveland, which is where we just came from, and we’ll get to work,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said on Sunday after a 4-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox cost Detroit a chance at the division championship.

“We’ll make sure that we don’t take for granted that we know this team,” Hinch said. “We’re going to have to turn over eve

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