CLEVELAND -- Dillon Dingler homered in the sixth inning, Wenceel Pérez drove in a pair of runs in a four-run seventh and the Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Guardians 6-3 Thursday to advance to the American League Division Series.
It is the second straight season the Tigers have won a wild-card series on the road. Detroit heads to Seattle for the division series with Game 1 on Saturday.
The AL West champion Mariners, the second seed, took four of the six regular-season meetings from the Tigers, who were the third wild card.