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The 2025 MLB playoffs proceed Thursday, as the wild-card spherical concludes with three Game 3s pressured courtesy of wins by the Cleveland Guardians, San Diego Padres and New York Yankees on Wednesday.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers had been the one crew to finish a sweep on Wednesday. The Detroit Tigers joined them with a breakthrough win in Cleveland in Thursday’s first recreation, with two extra spots to be found out. Here’s the way it all went down.
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The Guardians spent most of September chasing down the Tigers and formally beat them on the ultimate day of the common season for the largest comeback within the standings in MLB historical past. Fate conspired to pit the 2 groups towards one another within the wild-card sequence, which naturally went to a winner-take-all Game 3.
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And as a result of that is baseball, the crew that spent the previous month in an embarrassing free fall bought the final snicker. The Tigers superior with a 6-1 win, organising an ALDS matchup with the Seattle Mariners.
A aggressive recreation became a rout within the seventh inning when the Tigers batted round to take a five-run lead. Dillon Dingler offered the go-ahead run an inning earlier with a solo homer, the wind-up of a intestine punch for the Progressive Field crowd.
The loss ends a season that had been magical for the Guardians till Thursday, extending their MLB-longest World Series drought to 76 years.
No. 6 Detroit Tigers 6, No. 3 Cleveland Guardians 1
No. 5 San Diego Padres vs. No. 4 Chicago Cubs, live on ESPN
No. 5 Boston Red Sox vs. No. 4 New York Yankees, 8:08 p.m. ET on ESPN
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