CLEVELAND (Interstat) — Travis Bazzana hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning to tie the game, then singled home the winning run with two outs in the 10th as the Cleveland Guardians rallied past the Detroit Tigers 4-3 on Friday in the opener of a doubleheader at Progressive Field.

The Guardians improved to 72-70, while the Tigers fell to 64-77 in the first of two games between the American League Central rivals. The attendance was 21,474, and the game took 2 hours, 50 minutes.

Cleveland trailed by three through five innings and had managed little against Detroit starter Andrew Sears. Sears allowed one earned run over 5.2 innings, scattering four hits while striking out four. Foster Griffin started for Cleveland and lasted six innings, giving up eight hits and three earned runs while striking out three.

Detroit opened the scoring with two runs in the third inning. Zach McKinstry singled and Gleyber Torres walked before Hao-Yu Lee singled to center to score McKinstry. Kevin McGonigle followed with a double to right that scored Torres and sent Lee to third. The Tigers extended the lead in the fifth on Eduardo Valencia’s run-scoring single that brought home Torres, who had singled and advanced to third on a double by Dillon Dingler.

Cleveland cut the deficit in the sixth inning. José Ramírez was hit by a pitch, and Nathaniel Lowe doubled to center to drive him home from first. That was all Detroit allowed until the eighth. Steven Kwan walked to open the Cleveland eighth, and Bazzana sent a fly ball to right center for his 10th home run of the season, tying the score at 3.

Detroit threatened in the top of the 10th when Javier Báez began the inning as the automatic runner on second. McGonigle grounded out to first, moving Báez to third, but Eduardo Valencia grounded out to third to end the inning. In the bottom of the 10th, Patrick Bailey was the automatic runner on second. Brayan Rocchio hit a ground ball to third baseman Colt Keith, who threw to shortstop McGonigle to retire Bailey at third. Rocchio was safe at first. After Kwan flied out to center, Bazzana lined a single to center and Rocchio raced home with the winning run.

Bazzana finished 2-for-3 with three RBIs and scored once. He had entered the game as a pinch hitter in the sixth inning before staying in as the designated hitter. For Cleveland, Lowe had one hit in two trips with one RBI, and Rocchio was 1-for-3 with a run scored. McGonigle led Detroit with two hits in five at-bats and one RBI.

Hunter Gaddis earned the win for Cleveland, recording two scoreless innings of relief with two strikeouts. Gaddis improved to 3-3 on the season. Kenley Jansen took the loss for Detroit, allowing one earned run on one hit in 1.2 innings with two strikeouts. Jansen fell to 4-6. Daniel Espino tossed two scoreless innings for Cleveland, allowing one hit and striking out three. Beau Brieske also worked 1.1 scoreless innings for Detroit, striking out three.

Cleveland, which had lost its previous two games and four of six entering Friday, got back to two games over .500. The Guardians had been swept in their last home series by Toronto before Friday’s opener, while Detroit had won its previous game against Minnesota. The Tigers have struggled on the road all season and are now 64-77 overall.

Detroit outhit Cleveland 9-6, but the Tigers could not hold the early lead. The Tigers left their share of chances on the bases, though they also turned three double plays. The decisive sequence came in the 10th when a fielder’s choice turned into the second out of the inning and opened the door for Bazzana’s walk-off single.

Before the game, Cleveland had been installed as a favorite, and the Interstat game simulator had projected a 6-3 Guardians victory. Interstat’s ELO system gave Cleveland a 54.30 percent probability to win, and the run line favored Cleveland by 1.5 runs. The total of seven runs went over the closing over/under of 7.5.