Boston Red Sox rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Tigers<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Guardians still have a magic number of two \u2014 wins and\/or Houston losses \u2014 to clinch a postseason spot. The Astros faced the Los Angeles Angels later Friday. Cleveland also has a magic number of two \u2014 wins and\/or Detroit losses \u2014 to wrap up the division.<\/p>\n
If Cleveland and Detroit end up tied after Sunday\u2019s games, the Guardians would win the AL Central due to an 8-5 advantage in the season series and host a Wild Card Series starting Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Kyle Manzardo had a two-run homer to center in the first inning for the Guardians, who have dropped consecutive games for the first time since Sept. 2.<\/p>\n
Leiter (10-10) continued his mastery of Cleveland after throwing seven shutout innings with 10 strikeouts on Aug. 23. The 25-year old right-hander went seven innings for the third time in 34 career starts and allowed two runs on four hits while throwing 101 pitches.<\/p>\n
Texas, which won for only the second time in its last 10 games, got its first two batters aboard before Rowdy Tellez hit a one-out, RBI double off the wall in left-center. With two outs, Osuna lined a hanging curveball off Cleveland starter Slade Cecconi (7-7) into the stands in right-center to make it 4-0. <\/p>\n
The Guardians cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the first on Manzardo’s two-run drive to center field.<\/p>\n
The Rangers got some breathing room in the seventh on a two-run single by Cody Freeman with the bases loaded. Jake Burger added an RBI base hit to make it 7-2.<\/p>\n
Osuna has a hit in eight of Texas\u2019 last nine games. He is batting .211 this season, but has a team-leading .304 average in September, going 17 of 56. <\/p>\n
On Saturday, Texas will go with LHP Jacob Latz (2-0, 2.80 ERA) while Cleveland will counter with LHP Joey Cantillo (5-3, 3.21 ERA).<\/p>\n
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