CLEVELAND (AP) — Brayan Rocchio and Bo Naylor homered during a five-run eighth inning and the Cleveland Guardians evened their AL Wild Card Series against the Detroit Tigers with a 6-1 victory in Game 2 on Wednesday.

Cleveland Guardians 6, Detroit Tigers 1: Box score

George Valera also went deep as the Guardians forced a deciding game in the best-of-three series.

Javier Báez had two hits and an RBI for the Tigers, who were 1 for 15 with runners in scoring position and stranded 15 runners.

The winner Thursday faces the Seattle Mariners in a Division Series. No team has lost Game 1 of a Wild Card Series and advanced since the expanded round began in 2022.

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Detroit had the bases loaded with two out sin the ninth inning, but Cade Smith g

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