In their first playoff game at Comerica Park in a decade, the v prevailed.

The Tigers defeated the Cleveland Guardians, 3-0, to take a 2-1 ALDS lead. They're now a win away from the ALCS, which they can secure at home again on Thursday at 6:08 p.m.

Matt Vierling, Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson all recorded RBI singles, while six pitchers — Keider Montero, Brant Hurter, Beau Brieske, Sean Guenther, Will Vest and Tyler Horton — contributed to the shutout effort.

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Here's a recap of the game:

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The Tigers' closer took care of business in the 9th, striking out Austin Hedges with a 94.4 mph fastball to deliver the Tigers a 2-1 series lead at Comerica Park. The Guardians haven't scored in 19 innings, marking consecutive shutouts as the Tigers' magical run continues.

Middle 8th: Tigers three outs from series lead; still up 3-0

Vest continued the Tigers' run of strong pitching, recording his first strikeout by catching Thomas with a four-seam fastball. It was the Guardians' third out, bringing the Tigers three outs away from a 2-1 series lead.

Middle 7th: Clutch snag by Matt Vierling keeps Guardians scoreless

Brieske exited the game to a big ovation from the crowd after two innings, picking up his third strikeout shortly before the substitution with a four-seam fastball on a 3-2 count. He was replaced by Sean Guenther, who walked Rocchio and gave up a single by Kwan to put the Guardians in scoring position.

It ended up being a quick appearance for Guenther, with Will Vest becoming the Tigers' fifth pitcher to take the mound. With two outs and Fry at the plate, Matt Vierling produced the defensive play of the day when he made an athletic left-handed catch over his head to end the inning and preserve a 3-0 lead, potentially saving the game for the Tigers.

Bottom 6th: Torkelson puts Tigers up 3-0

Brieske remained clutch in the sixth, striking out Andrés Giménez on a 96.2 mph fastball with two outs already on the board to keep the Guardians without a run. That clutch factor carried into the bottom of the inning.

Eli Morgan replaced Herrin at the mound and gave up a pair of hits after striking out Pérez. Keith singled on a line drive to right field, and advanced to second after a wild pitch. Torkelson, after striking out on his first two at-bats, connected on a four-seam fastball for an RBI double, pushing the lead to 3-0.

The Guardians made their fifth pitching change, bringing in Cade Smith. With two outs, he struck out Rogers with a sweeper.

Bottom 5th: Hurter replaced; Beau Brieske preserves Tigers' 2-0 lead

Hurter was replaced at the mound by Beau Brieske after giving up back-to-back singles to Brayan Rocchio and Kwan, putting the Guardians in position to tie to take the lead.

Brieske faired better, striking out Fry before José Ramírez flew out to center field to end the inning and preserve Detroit's lead. Hurter finishes the day with one strikeout, five hits and a walk.

With runners on first and second, two outs and a 3-2 count, Greene flew out to left field and was unable to add to the Tigers' narrow lead.

Bottom 4th: Score stays 2-0 after good pitching from both sides

Hurter had his own ‘three up and three down’ as he recorded outs on Lane Thomas, Andrés Giménez and Jhonkensy Noel to keep the game at 2-0 entering the bottom of the inning.

Guardians pitcher Eric Sabrowski made his first appearance in this series, escaping a jam and recording three outs after a fielding error by first baseman Josh Naylor allowed Pérez to reach second for a leadoff double. Sabrowski struck out Colt Keith and Spencer Torkelson back-to-back, and Trey Sweeney flew out to left field.

The Tigers have had a runner in scoring position for three of the first four innings in this game.

Bottom 3rd: Matt Vierling extends lead with sac fly; Tigers up 2-0

Hurter returned to pitch the third inning and gave up a single to Steven Kwan on a grounder to Trey Sweeney, who scooped the ball with his bare hand after it initially was deflected off of Hurter's glove. A misplaced throw to first by Sweeney then allowed Kwan to advance to second.

The Guardians remained scoreless, however, after Hurter struck out David Fry for his first K of the day, and Naylor grounded out for Cleveland's third out. They stranded two on base after Hurter intentionally walked José Ramírez.

Jake Rodgers set up the Tigers' second run of the day with a line drive double to left field. With one out, Matt Vierling then scored Rodgers with a sacrifice fly to left field to give the home team additional cushion.

Bottom 2nd: Brant Hurter escapes jam

Tigers left-hander Brant Hurter replaced Montero to start the second inning.

Guardians first baseman Josh Naylor singled on a line drive to right field, and Lane Thomas singled on a ground ball to the middle of the field. With runners on first and third, Hurter delivered on an eight pitch AB with Bo Naylor who hit a fly ball to right fielder Wenceel Pérez for the final out.

The Tigers went scoreless in the bottom of the inning. Alex Cobb recorded three outs without allowing a batter to reach first base.

Bottom 1st: Riley Greene scores RBI single; Tigers lead 1-0

Parker Meadows registered the first hit of the game on a sharp ground ball to right field for a leadoff single. In doing so, he became the first Tiger to record a hit in each of his first five postseason games since Al Kaline in 1968.

The Tigers then proceeded to score the first run of the day — with two outs, Riley Greene knocked in an RBI single to center to score Meadows.

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While Carpenter’s 423-foot blast got all the attention, he wouldn’t have gotten to the plate against Cleveland closer Emmanuel Clase if not for shortstop Trey Sweeney reaching base first. Sweeney, of course, came over to the Tigers as a prospect included in the deal that sent right-hander Jack Flaherty to the Los Angeles Dodgers. But the Freep’s Jeff Seidel says the shortstop is anything but a throw-in.

Comerica Park will almost certainly be rocking for its first playoff game since Oct. 5, 2014 — a 2-1 loss to end a sweep by the Baltimore Orioles in the ALDS. The Tigers haven't won a playoff game at Comerica since Oct. 16, 2013 — a Game 5 win over the Boston Red Sox in the ALCS. But expect a raucous crowd enjoying the kind of playoff run that comes around once in a generation, according to the Freep's Shawn Windsor.

Well, at least for the Tigers. As the Freep's Dave Birkett points out this morning, the Tigers' near-miraculous recovery from a 10-game deficit on Aug. 10 parallels that of the 2022 Lions, who rose from a 1-7 start to barely miss the playoffs and planted the seeds of a squad that won a franchise-record 14 games (including the postseason) last season and is a frontrunner to make its first Super Bowl this season.

Detroit Tigers ALDS Game 3 lineup

1. CF Parker Meadows

2. DH Kerry Carpenter

3. 3B Matt Vierling

4. LF Riley Greene

5. RF Wenceel Pérez

6. 2B Colt Keith

7. 1B Spencer Torkelson

8. SS Trey Sweeney

9. C Jake Rogers

Cleveland Guardians ALDS Game 3 lineup

1. LF Steven Kwan

2. DH Kyle Manzardo

3. 3B José Ramírez

4. 1B Josh Naylor

5. CF Lane Thomas

6. Andrés Giménez

7. RF Will Brennan

8. C Bo Naylor

9. SS Brayan Rocchio

Detroit Tigers ALDS playoff roster

Jake Rogers (C), Dillon Dingler (C), Andy Ibáñez (2B/3B), Colt Keith (2B), Jace Jung (3B), Zach McKinstry (UTIL), Trey Sweeney (SS), Spencer Torkelson (1B), Matt Vierling (3B/OF), Riley Greene (OF), Parker Meadows (CF), Kerry Carpenter (OF/DH), Wenceel Pérez (OF), Justyn-Henry Malloy (DH/OF), Beau Brieske (RHP), Jason Foley (RHP), Sean Guenther (LHP), Brenan Hanifee (RHP), Tyler Holton (LHP), Brant Hurter (LHP), Jackson Jobe (RHP), Ty Madden (RHP), Keider Montero (RHP), Reese Olson (RHP), Tarik Skubal (LHP), Will Vest (RHP).

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