Shane Bieber dominated Detroit and the Guardians wore down the Tigers’ pitching as Cleveland opened up their final Motor City road trip with a 5-2 win Tuesday night.
Austin Hedges broke a scoreless stalemate in the fifth inning, scoring Owen Miller from third on a sac fly to give the Guardians a 1-0 lead. Back-to-back doubles by Steven Kwan and Amed Rosario in the sixth inning made it a 2-0 advantage, and that was all the damage Cleveland’s lineup could manage against Detroit starting pitcher Tyler Alexander. He survived seven solid innings by inducing a lot of weak contact, as the Guardians struggled to square him up.