Tigers walked off by Guardians for third time in three days

Chris McCosky, The Detroit News on Sep 6, 2026

Published in Baseball

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CLEVELAND — It’s too soon to say for sure, but this felt like a pivotal start for Jackson Jobe.

It came in yet another tough loss at Progressive Field. The Cleveland Guardians walked the Detroit Tigers off for the third time in four games, taking the series finale, 3-2, on Sunday.

In the bottom of the 10th inning against reliever Kyle Finnegan, Daniel Schneemann singled home the free runner Angel Genao to win it.

It was the Guardians' seventh walk-off win of the season.

The Tigers (65-78) are now 5-17 since Aug. 14.

But this last month for the Tigers, as they’ve sunk out of playoff contention, is about development. That was evident by the lineup, which featured six rookies. Veterans Spencer Torkelson, Javier Báez, Gleyber Torres and Zach McKinstry were all on the bench. And there were some encouraging signs of development with 24-year-old Jobe in his sixth start back from Tommy John surgery.

Misfiring from the start, it looked like he might not survive the first inning. But he collected himself impressively and flashed a dominating version of himself through five innings.

He left that game tied at 2 after the one mistake he made, and one of just two hard-hit balls he allowed, left the park.

Jobe left a 0-2 changeup over the plate to the wrong hitter with one out in the fifth. Brayan Rocchio, who homered twice on Friday, lined it into the seats in right to tie the game.

To that point, Jobe had retired 12 straight after grinding through a 27-pitch first inning.

Steven Kwan and Travis Bazzana started the game with back-to-back doubles and Jobe, who was both yanking balls to his glove side spraying them arm-side, walked two straight hitters on nine pitches to load the bases.

He went 3-1 on Genao, too, but he fought back to strike him out with a 96-mph four-seam fastball. He got Patrick Bailey to ground out on one pitch to end the first.

When he came back out for the second, he was suddenly mixing and locating curveballs and changeups. He struck out the side and was on his way.

His outing was limited to five innings because of the high pitch count (93 pitches). But he struck out a season-high seven and allowed only four hits.

It was an encouraging performance in terms of the quality of his stuff but also his composure and presence on the mound.

The Tigers’ offense, meanwhile, went cold after the first inning. Riley Greene, fresh off his two-homer, four-RBI game Saturday, doubled in two runs off Guardians starter Gavin Williams, a ball he scorched (111 mph) into the right-center gap.

Greene doubled again in the third, but that was the only other hit they managed off Williams through six innings.

After striking out 12 times in six innings against Parker Messick on Saturday, the Tigers punched 11 times in six innings against Williams.

The Tigers couldn't muster a hit against the Guardians' three-headed bullpen monster — Erik Sabrowski, Hunter Gaddis and Cade Smith. They had three baserunners, all walks, after the third inning.

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