Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Guardians
· Makeup from June 14
6 - 7
Brayan Rocchio's walk-off homer gives Guardians a 7-6 comeback win over Tigers
With the win, the Guardians remained in the final American League wild-card position.
Rocchio led off the ninth with a homer to left field off Drew Sommers (1-4), giving Cleveland six unanswered runs to end the contest after falling behind 6-1 in the third. His third career walk-off home run followed his first grand slam.
Cade Smith (4-1) pitched the ninth for the win, which was the Guardians’ third in seven games on their critical homestand. The Tigers fell to 4-15 since Aug. 14.
Detroit pushed its lead out to 6-1 in the third on Spencer Torkelson's solo homer off Slade Cecconi before the Guardians erupted for five in the fourth. Travis Bazzana had an RBI single before Rocchio sent Keider Montero’s pitch 366 feet over the fence in right.
Rookies Max Clark and Ben Malgeri each had two-run singles in the first, when the Tigers scored four times against Logan Allen in his first start since July 18. Gleyber Torres had two singles and two runs in the first two innings.
Montero allowed six runs in four innings, while Allen gave up five in 2 1/3 innings. Clark had three singles.
The first pitch was delayed by 1 hour and 4 minutes because of rain.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Rocchio homered to left center (405 feet). |
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9th Inning | Peck at shortstop. |
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9th Inning | McGonigle struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Torres struck out looking. |
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9th Inning | Keith to second on passed ball by Bailey. |
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9th Inning | Keith singled to left. |
Statistics
 DET |
 CLE |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 13 | Ground Balls | 10 |
| 8 | Strikeouts | 7 |
| 5 | Runs Batted In | 7 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 11 | Hits | 11 |
| 1 | Stolen Bases | 1 |
| 2 | Walks | 2 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 6 | Runs | 7 |
| 2 | Ground Into Double Play | 1 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 1 |
| 36 | At Bats | 33 |
| 1 | Home Runs | 2 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 1 |
| 13 | Runners Left On Base | 9 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 0 | Doubles | 4 |
| 15 | Fly Balls | 17 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 155 | Pitches | 145 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 1 | Pinch At Bats | 1 |
| 1 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
| 14 | Total Bases | 21 |
| 38 | Plate Appearances | 36 |
| 162.0 | Projected Home Runs | 324.0 |
| 1 | Extra Base Hits | 6 |
| 4.3 | Runs Created | 7.2 |
| .306 | Batting Average | .333 |
| 1.000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .389 | Slugging Percentage | .636 |
| .167 | Secondary Average | .394 |
| .342 | On Base Percentage | .361 |
| .731 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .997 |
| 0.9 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.6 |
| 4.3 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 8.1 |
| 37.0 | Batter Rating | 54.0 |
| 36.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 16.5 |
| 1.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
| 4.08 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 4.03 |
| .083 | Isolated Power | .303 |
| 0.25 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.29 |
| .053 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .056 |
| -.139 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .061 |
| 11.0 | Runs Produced | 14.0 |
| 0.8 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.4 | Patience Ratio | 0.7 |
| 0.4 | Balls In Play Average | 0.4 |
| 87.5 | MLB Rating | 98.8 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 23,562 | Capacity:
2026 American League Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland |
- | 75 | W5 | 0.5192308 | 81 |
 Chicago |
1 | 76 | W2 | 0.51282054 | 80 |
| Detroit |
7.5 | 83 | W1 | 0.4713376 | 74 |
 Minnesota |
8.5 | 84 | L1 | 0.46496814 | 73 |
 Kansas City |
14 | 89 | L4 | 0.42948717 | 67 |