CLEVELAND -- They’ve been embroiled in a battle that transcends what’s transpired these past couple days.

The 2025 Tigers and Guardians will forever be linked in the record books because of the saga staged in September, when Cleveland made a historic AL Central comeback at Detroit’s expense . Now, these two teams, who can’t seem to play each other in anything but tight and tense games, will be linked one last time here, in a winner-take-all Game 3 of the American League Division Series on Thursday at Progressive Field.

“These games,” said Guardians All-Star left fielder Steven Kwan, “have felt like a chess match.”

Nah, they’re much more fun and loud than that. Louder still when the Guardians broke a 1-1 tie with a five-run eighth inning to take Game 2, 6-1 , and stave off eliminatio

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