Surging Guardians complete sweep with 3-1 win over slumping Tigers in Tarik Skubal's return

Jose Ramirez hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the seventh inning after Tarik Skubal was replaced and the surging Cleveland Guardians swept the slumping Detroit Tigers with a 3-1 win on Thursday. Cleveland has won seven straight to close within 3 1/2 games of the AL Central-leading Tigers with a little more than a week left in the regular season. Detroit has lost six of its last seven games and 15 of 22, turning an 11 1/2-game cushion into a lead that isn't comfortable.