Kevin McGonigle drove in three runs, Drew Anderson tossed four innings of one-run ball in his fourth start of the year, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-4 on Tuesday night.
Detroit won their first game against Cleveland after an 0-6 start, suffering a four-game sweep in May and losing both games of a June series. Yet the Tigers are 1 1/2 games ahead of the Guardians in the AL Central.
Spencer Torkelson drove in the first run of the game with a second-inning double, but Chase DeLauter‘s 13th homer of the year tied the game in the third. He sent a low-inside curveball from Anderson 424 feet over the right-center field wall.
DeLauter had three hits for Cleveland.
Jo Adell hit a 428-foot shot in the eighth wasn’t enough the complete a Cleveland comeback. Kenley Jansen earned his 14th save, but allowed one run in the ninth.
Tanner Bibee (4-12) worked 6 1/3 innings for Cleveland and gave up four runs on five hits while striking out four. DeLauter finished 3 for 5.
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