The Guardians beat the Tigers 8-4 as Detroit prepared for a sell-off, and Cleveland acquired Lane Thomas as they prepped for a playoff run.
Jose Ramirez had a double and two home runs (the second one tying him with Albert Belle for second-most homers in franchise history), Josh Naylor had two hits and Bo Naylor had a three-run homer to lead the Guardians’ offense. Tanner Bibee threw six shutout innings before running into some trouble in the seventh, which Pedro Avila adeptly cleaned up. Bibee didn’t walk any batters while only striking out two, so good and bad there, but he handled the Detroit lineup that had given him some issues, so no complaints here.