Lane Thomas hit a massive grand slam for his Cleveland Guardians in Game 5 of their ALDS against the Detroit Tigers at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday.
Detroit had taken a 1-0 lead in the top of the 5th inning on a run-scoring hit off the wall by Kerry Carpenter. In the bottom half of the inning, the Guardians rallied and got ace Tarik Skubal into trouble.
Skubal loaded the bases with one out and then hit Jose Ramirez with a pitch to tie the game. The next batter was Thomas, who slugged a grand slam to left field to put Cleveland up 5-1.
LANE THOMAS. GRAND SLAM. @CLEGUARDIANS ON TOP.#ALDS pic.twitter.com/9bxvHY59T9
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That was a game-changer by Thomas.
Skubal got the next two batters out to end the inning, but the damage had been done.
Skubal had not allowed allowed a run in the entire postseason until that inning. For Thomas to get the AL Cy Young frontrunner on a grand slam was absolutely massive.
