CLEVELAND (AP) — Kerry Carpenter took one swing and floored baseball’s preeminent closer.
Carpenter connected for a three-run homer off Cleveland’s Emmanuel Clase with two outs and two strikes in the ninth inning, sending the Detroit Tigers to a dramatic 3-0 win over the Guardians i n Game 2 on Monday night to even the AL Division Series at one game each.
After Jake Rogers and Trey Sweeney singled off the usually unhittable Clase, Carpenter drove a 2-2 pitch from the right-hander 423 feet into the right-field seats…