The Detroit Tigers balanced the series by breaking down an iron wall finish.
Detroit won 3-0 in the second game of the “2024 Major League” American League Division Series at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio on the 8th (Korea Standard Time). With this, they avenged the 0-7 complete defeat in the first round on the 6th, making it 1-1 in the series.
Detroit’s starting pitchers Justin-Henry Malloy (designated hitter), Matt Bearing (third baseman), Andy Ibanez (second baseman), Riley Green (left fielder), Wensil Perez (right fielder), Spencer Tokelson (first baseman), Parker Meadows (center fielder), Jake Rogers (catcher) and Trey Sweeney (striker). Starting pitchers are ace Tarik Skubal.
Scuval, who achieved a triple crown with 18 wins, 4 losses with a 2.39 ERA and 228 strikeouts in 192 innings in 31 regular season games, is the leading candidate for Cy Young Award. He started Game 1 of the wild-card series against the Houston Astros on the 2nd and set the stage for No. 6 seed Detroit’s series upsets with four hits, one walk and six strikeouts in six innings.
Cleveland Indians started Steven Kwan (left fielder), David Fry (designated hitter), Jose Ramirez (third baseman), Lane Thomas (center fielder), Josh Naylor (first baseman), Jokensi Noel (right fielder), Andres Jiminez (second baseman), Austin Hedges (catcher) and Brian Locchio (striker). The starting pitcher is Matthew Boyd.
Cleveland, which secured the second seed by winning the American League Central, advanced to the Division Series. It dominated the series with a 7-0 complete victory in Game 1 on the 6th.
The game was a tight race between pitchers. Scubal continued his perfect march by striking out eight with one out in the fifth inning while displaying the prowess of a triple crown pitcher. He allowed Naylor to hit a double to the right-center and Noel to throw balls to the first and second bases with one out after the fifth inning, but overcame the crisis by sending Andres Jimenez to the second baseman’s double play.
Detroit also had four hits and two walks against Boyd, its starting pitcher, but failed to score a point. It had a chance to hit a runner on the first and second bases with one out in the third inning, and no outs in the fourth inning, but missed the chance. It also sent a long hit to right field in the fifth inning, but Cleveland right fielder Noel’s accurate throw to second base ruined the opportunity.
Cleveland got its chance again in the bottom of the sixth inning. With one out, Rocchio’s double to the left and Kwan’s hit to the left made it one out and runners on first and third. However, Fry failed to score when he hit a double play to shortstop. Skubal overcame the crisis once again.
Detroit’s Scubal silenced Cleveland’s batters, who scored seven points in the first game by pitching three hits, one out and eight strikeouts in seven innings. Following Matthew Boyd, Cleveland also disabled Detroit’s batters by operating an iron-barred bullpen, including Cade Smith, Tim Herrin and Hunter Gaddis.
With one out in the top of the eighth inning, Detroit got its chance with Bearing’s double to the left. Colt Keith struck out, but Riley Greene got on base on an automatic four-pitch pitch, giving him the chance to hit first and second bases with two outs. Cleveland put in early Emanuel Clase, an ironclad closer with a 0.61 ERA during the regular season. In the end, Cleveland ended the inning.
Detroit’s Wensil Perez sent a well-hit ball to left-center, but left fielder Kwan cleared the ball with a diving catch. The march to zero continued.
With two outs in the top of the ninth inning, Detroit had a chance to garner the first and third bases with two outs thanks to Jake Rogers’ left-handed hit and Trey Sweeney’s single to the right. Then, the balance of zero was broken and Cleveland’s iron wall finished. With two outs and runners on the first and third bases, Kerry Carpenter hit a three-run homerun with his slider at the center of 93.7 miles on the sixth pitch with two balls and two strikes.
In the end, Detroit put up Beau Briskie in the ninth inning to block the game and secure the victory. 메이저놀이터
