The Guardians stormed into the 2025 postseason on a wave of emotion and effective pitching, but were shut down by one of the American League's best pitchers in a 2-1 loss, sending them to an elimination game Wednesday afternoon.

Cleveland, which has lacked offensive potency, won an astounding 19 of the final 23 games in the regular season. In doing so, they flipped a historic 15.5 game deficit to Detroit and won the American League Central Division, stamping their ticket to the playoffs.

Along the way, they bullied and dethroned the Detroit Tigers team they now face in the Wild Card series. But Cleveland needs a win Wednesday to extend the series to a winner-take-all Game 3 on Thursday.

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Max and Ellie Petro, from Cleveland, came to see the game

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