Guardians eke out win over Tigers, force Game 5

DETROIT — David Fry blasted a two-run homer in the seventh inning and added a run-scoring sacrifice bunt in the ninth Thursday to help the Cleveland Guardians keep their season alive with a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game 4 of the American League Division Series.Relievers Hunter Gaddis (1-0), Tim Herrin and Emmanuel Clase held the Tigers to one run over the last 3 2/3 innings as the Guardians tied the series 2-2 to set up a deciding Game 5 at Cleveland on Saturday.The winner will face either the New York Yankees or Kansas City Royals in the ALCS beginning Monday in a best-of-seven series.Cleveland earned its first playoff win when facing elimination since Game 6 of the 1997 World Series at Florida. The Guardians had dropped 11 consecutive postseason elimination games since then, the longest such losing streak in MLB history.The Tigers loaded the bases in the bottom of the second and tied the game at 1 when Trey Sweeney’s sacrifice fly to center scored Colt Keith.Detroit jumped out front 3-2 in the sixth when pinch hitter Wenceel Perez hit a two-out single to center off of Gaddis that allowed Kerry Carpenter to score from second base.

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