Brayan Rocchio hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the 10th inning, completing a four-run rally and lifting the American League Central champion Cleveland Guardians to a wild 9-8 win over the visiting Texas Rangers on Sunday in the teams' regular-season finale.

Cleveland won the AL Central an hour before when Detroit fell to Boston in a game that was being played simultaneously. The Guardians (88-74) will open the best-of-three wild-card round against the Tigers in Cleveland on Tuesday.

Rocchio's walk-off round-tripper came off the Rangers' Jose Corniell (0-1), who was making his Major League debut with a three-run lead. Rowdy Tellez had staked Texas to an 8-5 cushion with his own three-run shot in the top of the frame.

Bo Naylor doubled home automatic runner George Valera to open

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