"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. George Valera also went deep as the Guardians forced a deciding game in the best-of-three series. 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."
"The game was tied 1-1 with one out in the eighth inning when Rocchio connected on a 99.9 mph fastball from losing pitcher Troy Melton and drove it 379 feet into the right-field stands for his second homer in three games. He had a three-run drive in the 10th inning on Sunday to give the Guardians a 9-8 victory over Texas Rangers in the regular-season finale. The 24-year-old Venezuelan infielder has a .308 batting average (12 for 39) in 12 postseason games."
"Daniel Schneemann added an RBI double before Naylor golfed a sweeper from Brant Hurter over the right-field wall for a five-run lead. Jakob Junis got the win as the Guardians bullpen held Detroit scoreless over 5 1/3 innings. Cleveland took the lead in the first when Valera drove a 94.1 mph fastball on the upper half of the strike zone from starter Casey Mize over the wall in center field. The homer came on a full count and the seventh pitch of the at-bat."
Cleveland tied the best-of-three Wild Card Series by beating Detroit 6-1 in Game 2. Brayan Rocchio, Bo Naylor and George Valera hit home runs, with a five-run eighth inning breaking the game open. Jakob Junis earned the victory and the Guardians bullpen held the Tigers scoreless for 5 1/3 innings. Detroit managed only one hit with runners in scoring position and stranded 15 runners, though Javier Baez collected two hits and an RBI. Detroit loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth but failed to score, sending the series to a deciding game.
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