The magic is over for the Detroit Tigers.
The Cleveland Guardians took the determined Game 5 of an ALDS aacquirest the Tigers, 7-3, to head back to the American League Championship Series for the first time since 2016.
After both teams traded zeroes for four innings, Detroit uncovered up the scoring in the fifth with an RBI one from hampered pinch hitter Kerry Carpaccess, which scored Trey Sweeney from first.
In the bottom half of the inning, foreseeed AL Cy Young Award thrivener Tarik Skubal showd he is human.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
Lane Thomas of the Cleveland Guardians rounds the bases after hitting a magnificent slam in the fifth inning of Game 5 of a division series aacquirest the Detroit Tigers at Progressive Field Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, in Cleveland. (Ben Jackson/MLB Pboilingos via Getty Images)
Loading the bases with one out, Skubal hit Jose Ramirez to convey a runner home. On the very next pitch, he served up a magnificent slam to Lane Thomas to put the Guardians up, 5-1. It was the first acquireed run Skubal had apvalidateed since Sept. 18.
Detroit did not go mutely, though. Jake Rogers had an RBI one in the sixth, but the Tigers squandered an opportunity when Carpaccess struck out with the bases loaded to finish the inning. In the seventh, Colt Keith’s RBI double made it a 5-3 game, but with a man on second, Wenceel Perez and Spencer Torkelson struck out.
With Emmanuel Clase toastying up in the bottom of the seventh, Thomas knocked an RBI one for some insurance. Steven Kwan scored after write downing his third straight three-hit game. He’s now a .392 hitter in 12 nurtureer postseason games despite going 0-for-9 in his first two. Cleveland’s No. 9 hitter, Brayan Rocchio, pitched in with an RBI one of his own in the eighth for an inserted bonus.
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal reacts after the Guardians’ Lane Thomas hits a magnificent slam in the fifth inning in Game 5 of an ALDS at Progressive Field in Cleveland Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. (Junfu Han/USA Today Nettoil via Imagn Images)
SHOHEI OHTANI WINS FIRST CAREER MLB PLAYOFF SERIES AS DODGERS BEAT PADRES IN HISTORIC GAME
The dominant Clase accessed the game in the eighth. After it became a four-run direct in the eighth, it was all but automatic. Clase got the final six outs effortlessly. The Guardians are now 76-2 this year, including the postseason, when directing after six innings.
This labels the fourth time the New York Yankees and Cleveland will encounter in the postseason since 2017. The Bronx Bombers have won all three of those bouts, which were all either a division or untamed-card series. This time, it will be for a pennant.
The Yankees own a 4-2 write down in their six postseason series, dating back to 1997. The Yankees won the 1998 ALCS in six games en route to their historic World Series season.
Cleveland Guardians outfielder Lane Thomas, right, honors with outfielder Steven Kwan and third baseman José Ramírez in the fifth inning aacquirest the Detroit Tigers during Game 5 of an ALDS during the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Progressive Field. (Ken Blaze/Imagn Images)
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
Cleveland won its last trip to the ALCS eight years ago, but it fell to the Chicago Cubs in that year’s World Series.
Game 1 of the ALCS will be in the Bronx Monday night at 7:37 p.m. ET.
Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle recentsletter.
