Rested Guardians blank Tigers to win ALDS Game 1

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The Cleveland Guardians could not have asked for a better start in Game 1 of the ALDS Saturday. They scored five runs before the Tigers recorded an out. 

Despite not having played a game in a week due to a first-round bye in the wild-card round, the Guardians' hitters did not look rusty at all. 

After blanking the Detroit Tigers in the top of the first inning, Guardians leadoff hitter Steven Kwan nearly left the yard for a home run, hitting a ball just off the top of the right field wall for a double to get things started. David Fry followed Kwan with a walk. 

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Cleveland Guardians outfielder Lane Thomas (8) celebrates with teammates after hitting a three-run home run against the Detroit Tigers in the first inning of Game 1 in an ALDS at Progressive Field.  (Ken Blaze/Imagn Images)

The Guardians had runners on first and second base with no one out, and they were sending their best hitter, Jose Ramirez, to the plate. 

Ramirez hit a chopper down the third base line that Tigers third baseman Zack McKinstry couldn’t handle, scoring Kwan on the play and giving the Guardians a 1-0 lead. 

Cleanup hitter Josh Naylor singled into right field in the next at-bat to plate Fry and give the Guardians a 2-0 lead. 

Tigers’ manager A.J. Hinch had seen enough and removed starting pitcher Tyler Holton from the game after he had not recorded an out through four batters, and Reese Olson took the mound.

Olson’s first pitch after entering the game was not a good one. He threw a hanging breaking ball over the middle of the plate, and outfielder Lane Thomas clobbered it for a