CLEVELAND -- Dillon Dingler homered in the sixth inning, Wenceel Pérez drove in a pair of runs in a four-run seventh and the Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Guardians 6-3 Thursday to advance to the American League Division Series.

It is the second straight season the Tigers have won a wild-card series on the road. Detroit heads to Seattle for the division series with Game 1 on Saturday.

The AL West champion Mariners, the second seed, took four of the six regular-season meetings from the Tigers, who were the third wild card.

José Ramírez drove in Cleveland's first run. The AL Central champion Guardians were 15½ games back in early July before completing the biggest comeback in division or league play in baseball history.

However, they ran out of steam in the best-of-t

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