The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner was perfect through five innings and finished with a nearly flawless performance. He had a baserunner for the first time after Will Wilson doubled on the second pitch of the sixth.

Cleveland Guardians first baseman Carlos Santana was scratched from the lineup against the Detroit Tigers with tightness in his left leg.

The only thing that stood between the Guardians being no-hit by left-hander Tarik Skubal on Sunday were hits by Will Wilson and José Ramírez. It was Wilson who broke Skubal’s spell with a leadoff double in the sixth after 15 Guardians had been put down in order.

On Saturday, Cleveland won its fifth straight game against the Tigers between regular season and postseason play. Amazingly, the Guardians' 7–5 10-inning victory tied the all-time series at 1,161 games apiece. Sunday is the rubber match, and as all baseball fans know, the six best words in sports are Game Two Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Five.

Guardians catcher Bo Naylor answered with a solo homer in the third off Tigers starter Casey Mize. Later in the inning, José Ramírez extended his hitting streak to 17 games with an RBI single to trim the Tigers’ lead to one.

Kyle Manzardo started the 10th with a double into the left field corner off Brenan Hanifee (2-2) to score Ramirez, the automatic runner at second, for a 4-3 lead. After Carlos Santana walked, Angel Martinez doubled to score Manzardo. A sacrifice fly by Bo Naylor and single by Nolan Jones ended the scoring.

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Casey Mize is expected to return from a mild hamstring strain to start on the mound Saturday night as the Detroit Tigers host the Cleveland Guardians, searching for their first win in the third game of the four-game series.