Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers NLDS Game Player Stats and Box Scores for October 5

Game 1 of the ALDS series was played between the Cleveland Guardians and the Detroit Tigers at Progressive Field. The Tigers came to this game, defeating the Houston Astros in the Wild Card round. Meanwhile, the Guardians received a first-round bye after winning the AL Central division.

Tanner Bibee (12-8 3.47 ERA) started the game for the Guardians, while Reese Olson (4-8 3.53) served as the primary pitcher for the Tigers.

Biebee got himself out of the jam after setting two men on the bases. On the other hand, Tyler Holton first allowed a double to Steven Kwan, followed by walking David Fry. Kwan would go on to score after Jose Ramirez hit into fielder's choice. Fry would then come home on Josh Naylor's BI single.

This followed a pitching change for the Tigers as Olson took charge on the mound. However, he was taken for the yard by Lane Thomas for a three-run home run as the Tigers took an early 5-0 lead in the game.

After the disastrous start, Olson took control of the game, not allowing any run until he left the mound after the fifth inning. Tanner Biebee made sure to not get anything going for the Tigers' hitters in the other half of the inning. He pitched 4.2 innings, just allowing four hits and taking six strikeouts.

The Guardians added two more runs to their tally in the sixth. David Fry hit a two-run RBI double to left field off Ty Madden. It was the last scoring shot of afternoon's game as the Guardians take a 1-0 lead in the ALDS series.

Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers Box Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
Guardians	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7
Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians Player Stats

Hitting

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
S. Kwan LF	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	.333	.600	.667	1.267	6.0
D. Fry DH	3	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	.667	.750	1.000	1.750	9.0
a- K. Manzardo PH-DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.5
J. Ramirez 3B	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	2.0
J. Naylor 1B	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	2.5
L. Thomas CF	4	1	1	3	1	0	1	2	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	7.5
A. Gimenez 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	3.5
J. Noel RF	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	1.0
B. Naylor C	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.5
B. Rocchio SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	.250	.250	.500	.750	1.5
Total	32	7	7	6	1	5	8	19	-	-	-	-	-

Pitching

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
T. Bibee	4.2	4	0	0	1	6	0	0.00	1.07	11.0
C. Smith (W, 1-0)	1.1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.00	0.00	13.0
T. Herrin	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.00	1.00	3.0
H. Gaddis	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3.0
E. Clase	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	3.5
Total	9.0	4	0	0	2	13	0	-	-	-

Detroit Tigers Player Stats

Hitting

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
P. Meadows CF	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	0.5
J. Malloy PH	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	.667	.750	.667	.000	-
b- W. Perez PH-RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.0
K. Carpenter DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	0.0
M. Vierling RF-CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	-1.0
R. Greene LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.286	.250	.536	1.5
C. Keith 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.000	.455	.000	.455	0.5
S. Torkelson 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.273	.000	.273	-1.0
Z. McKinstry 3B	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.800	1.200	2.0
a- A. Ibanez PH-3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0.0
T. Sweeney SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.100	.182	.100	.282	-1.0
J. Rogers C	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	.300	.364	.300	.664	0.0
Total	29	0	4	0	0	2	13	11	-	-	-	-	-

Pitching

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
T. Holton (L, 0-1)	0.0	2	4	3	1	0	0	20.25	2.25	-11.0
R. Olson	5.0	3	1	1	1	4	1	1.80	0.80	11.0
T. Madden	0.2	1	2	2	3	1	0	27.00	6.00	-3.5
S. Guenther	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1.0
K. Montero	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0.00	0.50	6.5
Total	8.0	7	7	6	5	8	1	-	-	-

Lane Thomas Home Run Tonight

Only one home run was hit in today's game between the Guardians and the Tigers.

The hit came from Lane Thomas' bat, who hit a three-run home run in the first innings off Reese Olson. It was a 394 foot hit that landed in left field, allowing David Fry and Jose Ramirez to score and give Guardians a pivotal 5-0 lead in the first inning of the game.