The Guardians have been knocking on the door of the postseason for a few days now — they have a chance to break it down Saturday, Sept. 27 at Progressive Field. The Guardians entered the day with a magic number of two to win the AL Central and one to earn at least a playoff berth.

The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Guardians, 6-3, on Thursday in Game 3 of their American League Wild Card Series, thereby winning the best-of-three series and advancing to face the Seattle Mariners in the ALDS.

The Guardians dropped their second consecutive game, this one to the Rangers, as they try to lock down a playoff spot heading into the weekend.

Another strong performance by a starting pitcher and clutch hitting added up to another win by the Guardians, who won the first two games from Tigers.

CLEVELAND — The Guardians came back from the dead in Major League Baseball's playoff picture and charged all the way to the top of the American League Central Division. The Guardians were 15½ games back on July 8, 10½ games back on Sept. 1 and 9½ ...