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Rocchio’s walk-off homer embodies Guardians’ 2nd-half rally to AL Central title
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WBAL Baltimore News
CLEVELAND (AP) — It was fitting in many ways that Brayan Rocchio hit the walk-off homer that put an exclamation point on the Cleveland Guardians’ historic run to an AL Central title.
The second baseman has symbolized the Guardians’ second-half rally from 15 1/2 games behind Detroit in early July.
In last year’s Division Series against Detroit, Rocchio was 6 for 16 with an RBI.
The Guardians won the season series, taking eight of the 13 games, including five of the last six.
It is Cleveland’s 13th AL Central title, but the first time it has gone back-to-back since winning three straight from 2016-18.