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New York TimesA squeeze play sent one American League Division Series to Game 5, as Cleveland’s David Fry hit a pinch hit homer and then bunted home the winning run in the Guardians’ come-from-behind road win over the Detroit Tigers. Required reading It was a back-and-forth Game 4, with multiple lead changes, but the Guardians topped the Tigers 5-4 after pulling away once and for all in the seventh, thanks to Fry’s pinch hit two-run home run. Fry is the one who hammered the 98 mph heater over the wall, but Guardians manager Stephen Vogt deserves credit for pulling all the right strings in the elimination game, including waiting until the seventh to pinch hit Fry, turning to closer Emmanuel Clase for the final five outs, and correctly putting on the squeeze play in the ninth. He started at first base in Game 4 and scored twice, and don’t let his otherwise ho-hum hitting in this series obscure the fact Muncy has hit really, really well in recent months.
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