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With a huge first inning of five runs, the Cleveland Guardians crushed the Detroit Tigers 7-0 this Saturday at the start of the divisional round of Major League Baseball.
This American League playoff seriesthe best of five games, will resume on Monday again in Cleveland (Ohio) and its winner will face the New York Yankees or the Kansas City Royals.
In front of their Progressive Field audience, the Guardians hit the table against some Tigers who came in boosted by their unexpected sweep of the Houston Astros in the wild card round.
The local offense was an avalanche in the first inning in a sequence that his figure José RamÃrez unleashed.
The Dominican missed first on a selection play so that Steven Kwan opened the score for the Guardians.
After David Fry scored the second score, It was RamÃrez’s turn to go through the register taking advantage of a three-run home run by Lane Thomas.
The Tigers did not recover from the impact and their offense was neutralized by the solid pitching of Tanner Bibee.
The right-handed pitcher retired applauded by the public after 4.2 innings in which he gave up four hits and struck out six opponents.
The locals expanded the lead in the seventh inning with a double by Fry to left field that drove in the runs of Kwan and the Dominican Jhonkensy Noel.
Saturday’s day also included the first episode between Yankees and Royals and the two from the National League series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets and between the Pparents of San Diego and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
For the Dodgers, their Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani He was making his debut in the playoffs for the first time in his seven extraordinary seasons in the Major Leagues.
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