Cleveland appeared poised to snap their skid when Steven Kwan’s RBI double in the eighth broke a scoreless tie. The rally began with Austin Hedges’ single that snapped an 0-for-10 slump, followed by a walk to Brayan Rocchio. Kwan, aiming for his third hit of the afternoon, then drove in pinch runner Daniel Schneemann with a double into the corner.

The Guardians were one strike away from a huge win against Tarik Skubal and the Tigers. Then it fell apart in stunning fashion.

In the top of the ninth, against feared Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase, Spencer Torkelson reached after being hit by a pitch. Pinch-runner Zach McKinstry stole second, advanced to third on a groundout and then dashed home on an unfathomable two-strike, two-out wild pitch by Clase.