Follow along right here to get live updates of the Cleveland Guardians vs. Detroit Tigers Wild Card Game 1.
Top of the 1st inning
Detroit’s Kerry Carpenter scores on a 2-out single by Spencer Torkelson. 1-0 Tigers.
Bottom of the 1st inning
The Guardians go 1-2-3. Tigers lead 1-0 heading to the 2nd inning.
Top of the 2nd inning
The Tigers go 1-2-3 and the Guardians get out of the inning still trailing 1-0.
Bottom of the 2nd inning
Kyle Manzardo gets on with a 1-out single but Gabriel Arias grounds to short for a double play. End of inning. Tigers lead 1-0.
Top of the 3rd inning
Detroit gets their first two batters on with a single and a walk.
Gleyber Torres grounds into a double play. Runner advances to 3rd. Two outs.
Cleveland pitcher Gavin Williams strikes out Kerry Carpenter to end the inning. Tigers lead 1-0.
Bottom of the 3rd inning
With two outs, Austin Hedges get walked.
Stephen Kwan flies out to left field. End of inning. Tigers still lead 1-0.
Top of the 4th inning
Gavin Williams records his 4th strikeout of the game to get the 2nd out of the inning.
Williams gets another K to end the inning. Tigers lead 1-0.
Bottom of the 4th inning
Cleveland’s Angel Martínez leads off the inning with a slow chopper single to 2nd base.
José Ramírez is walked. Runners now on 1st and 2nd. No outs.
Johnathan Rodríguez strikes out for the 1st out of the inning.
Kyle Manzardo strikes out swinging. 2 outs.
Gabriel Arias singles to the pitcher. Martínez scores. The Guardians tie it 1-1. Runners on the corners.
Rocchio unsuccessfully bunts for the 3rd out of the inning. The Tigers are the Guardians are tied 1-1 heading to the fifth.
Top of the 5th inning
Detroit’s Dillon Dingler goes down swinging. Gavin Williams records his 6th strikeout of the day and third in a row.
Zach McKinstry flies out to center field. 2 outs.
Javier Báez singles on a line drive to right fielder Johnathan Rodríguez.
Parker Meadows strikes out. Williams records his 7th K of the day to end the inning. He threw 11 pitches in the inning.
Bottom of the 5th inning
Jhonkensy Noel strikes out swinging. 1 out.
Austin Hedges goes down swinging. 2 outs.
Steven Kawn grounds out to end the inning.
Top of the 6th inning
Gleyber Torres flies out to center fielder Angel Martínez. 1 out
Kerry Carpenter flies out to left fielder Steven Kwan. 2 outs.
Spencer Torkelson strikes out swinging to end the inning. The game remains tied at 1-1.
Bottom of the 6th inning
Cleveland’s Angel Martínez strikes out swinging. 1 out.
José Ramírez flies out to right. 2 outs.
Johnathan Rodríguez strikes out swinging to end the inning. The score remaines 1-1.
Top of the 7th inning
Detroit’s Riley Greene hits a lead off double to right center.
Wenceel Pérez gets on after an infield hit. Runners of the corners with no outs. Cleveland pitcher Gavin Williams has been pulled and replaced by Hunter Gaddis.
Stark County’s own Dillon Dingler, a Jackson High School graduate, strikes out for the Tigers first out of the inning.
McKinsey records a sac bunt and Riley Greene scores. 2 outs. Tigers regain the lead 2-1.
Javier Báez grounds out to shortstop Gabriel Arias.
Bottom of the 7th inning
Kyle Manzardo strikes out. 1 out.
Gabriel Arias strikes out. Tarik Skubal records his 12th strikeout of the day.
Brayan Rocchio strikes out swinging to end the inning. Skubal records his 13th K of the day.
Top of the 8th inning
Parker Meadows is struck out by Gaddis. 1 out.
Gleyber Torres strikes out. 2 outs.
Gaddis has been pulled from the game and replaced by Erik Sabrowski.
Kerry Carpenter strikes out swinging to end the inning.
Bottom of the 8th inning
Detroit pitcher Tarik Skubal remains in the game with 96 pitches to start the inning.
Jhonkensy Noel strikes out. Skubal records his 14th strikeout of the day. 1 out.
Austin Hedges draws a walk. Petey Halpin replaces him as the pinch runner.
Steven Kwan grounds out to the pitcher. Runner advances to 2nd. 2 outs.
Detroit pitcher Skubal has been pulled and replaced by Will Vest.
Bo Naylor steps in to hit for Angel Martínez. Naylor grounds out to 1st. Detroit leads 2-1 heading to the ninth inning.
Top of the 9th inning
Cleveland pitcher Cade Smith replaces Erik Sabrowski to start the inning.
Smith hits Spencer Torkelson with the first pitch of the inning.
Riley Greene is walked by Cade Smith. Detroit has 2 on with no outs.
Wenceel Pérez out on a sacrifice bunt. Trokelson and Greene occupy 2nd and 3rd. 1 out.
Dillon Dingler, the Stark County kid, breaks his bat and lines out softly to 2nd. 2 outs.
Zach McKinstry strikes out swinging. To the bottom of ninth we go!
Bottom of the 9th inning
José Ramírez leads off the inning with a single that turns into a triple.
George Valera strikes out swinging. 1 out.
Kyle Manzardo hits a chopper. Ramírez is out on a tag during a run down. 2 outs. Manzardo is on 1.
C.J. Kayfus flies out to shortstop Javier Báez.
Detroit wins 2-1.
