The Detroit Tigers have seen their double-digit lead in the AL Central fall to just 3.5 games over the second-place Cleveland Guardians entering Friday, and with three games still remaining against Cleveland, the pressure is mounting.

Bo Naylor snapped an eighth-inning tie with his second two-run single of the game, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2 on Friday night for their eighth straight victory. The Guardians (82-71) won for the 13th time in 14 games to pull within 2 1/2 games of the first-place Tigers in the AL Central.

The Guardians, with 13 games left to play in the regular season, play six against the AL Central-leading Tigers in a 10-day stretch.

Detroit Tigers third baseman Colt Keith grabbed at the right side of his lower back after Parker Meadows lined out to end the second inning.

The Guardians hope a strong finish pushes them into a wild card spot for the MLB playoffs. Here's where they sit in the AL wild card standings.

Steven Kwan, Angel Martinez, José Ramírez and Kyle Manzardo combined to give Cleveland four extra-base hits in an extra inning for the first time in 64 years, and the Guardians beat the Detroit Tigers 7-5 in the 10th for their 10th win in 11 games.

Don’t look now, but the Cleveland Guardians have won nine of their last 10 games and are just 2.5 games out of the final playoff spot in the AL wild card. Cleve

If the Tigers were to sweep the Guardians, the maximum number of games Cleveland would be able to win is 88. That'd mean Cleveland would have to win its last 10 games of the season just to bring it to the tie-breaker, which Detroit would own in the event of a series sweep.