The Cleveland Guardians dropped the first game of Friday’s doubleheader, but rallied late in the second game to avoid a sweep and salvage a split with the Detroit Tigers.
Detroit came out swinging against starting pitcher Gavin Williams in Game 1. Akil Baddoo led off the game with a solo home run. Williams was able to get a pair of groundouts before the inning got away from him. Spencer Torkelson hit a double, Kerry Carpenter hit an RBI single, and Miguel Cabrera made it a 3-0 lead with an RBI double — all with two outs.
Those three runs in the first inning were all the Tigers would need.