The Guardians and Tigers open their best-of-three AL wild card series Tuesday at 1:08 p.m. at Progressive Field.

Gavin Williams will get the start against the Tigers on Tuesday in the first game of the American League Wild Card Series.

At their lowest, the Guardians were 15 ½ games back on July 6. The Tigers, who led the division by 10 games as recently as Sept. 3, stumbled down the stretch and finished September with an 8-16 mark.

The Guardians already knew they were AL Central Division champs – that had happened about an hour earlier when Detroit lost in Boston. That gave the Tigers an 87-75 record. It also meant Cleveland would host the best-of-three wild card series starting Tuesday … against … the Tigers, of course.

The Guardians dropped their second consecutive game, this one to the Rangers, as they try to lock down a playoff spot heading into the weekend.

Brayan Rocchio hit a walk-off home run as the Guardians ended the regular season. Earlier, they secured the AL Central title when the Tigers lost.

The Cleveland Guardians are AL Central champions. Their comeback from 15 1/2 games out in the division is the largest by any team in major-league history. They battled all the way back from 15.5 games back to surpass the Detroit Tigers and make history. This sets up yet another battle against the Tigers starting Tuesday in the AL Wild Card round.

The Guardians will be playoff bound thanks to a truly unbelievable walk-off win Saturday night against the Rangers.