CLEVELAND — Lane Thomas belted a grand slam in the fifth inning to help the Cleveland Guardians advance to the American League Championship Series with a 7-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.Thomas added an RBI infield single in the seventh and Brayan Rocchio drove in a run in the eighth for the Guardians, who captured Game 5 of the best-of-five AL Division Series.Cleveland will visit the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the ALCS on Monday. The Yankees won four of the six meetings against the Guardians in the regular season.Jose Ramirez forged a 1-1 tie in the fifth after he was hit by a pitch in the left forearm with the bases loaded.Thomas’ homer was his second of the series. He launched a three-run shot in Cleveland’s 7-0 victory over Detroit in Game 1 last Saturday.The homer in Game 5 was the first allowed by Skubal (1-1) since Sept. 12. The AL Cy Young candidate gave up five runs on six hits with one walk and six strikeouts over six innings.Tim Herrin (1-0) allowed one run on one hit in 1 1/3 inning to pick up the win.Steven Kwan collected three hits for the third straight game and improved to 11-for-21 with six runs in the series.