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    Tigers and Guardians play Game 5 in prime time Saturday at 8:08 p.m

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    Detroit – As the Tigers play later and later in October, they also play later and later at night.

    The winner-take-all Game 5 of the American League Division Series has been moved to prime time, with first pitch Saturday at 8:08 p.m. in Cleveland, because the other AL series is over.

    After the New York Yankees eliminated the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night, Major League Baseball, in an attempt to appease television partner TBS, moved the Tigers-Guardians first pitch from its originally scheduled time of 4:38 p.m

    More: MLB on Thursday: The Yankees defeat the Royals and face the Tigers or Guardians in the ALCS

    The Yankees and Royals were scheduled to play Game 5 at 8:08 p.m

    The Tigers opened the postseason with five straight day games before playing their first night game on Thursday, losing 5-4 to the Guardians at Comerica Park as Cleveland won an elimination game for the first time since 1997.

    The winner of Saturday’s game at Progressive Field will face the Yankees in the AL Championship Series, which begins Monday night at Yankee Stadium in New York with first pitch at 7:37 p.m.

    The Tigers are 5-4 in win-win games, including three straight wins in the AL Division Series from 2011-13.

    Tigers ace Tarik Skubal, who dominated in Game 2, got the start while the Guardians had not yet decided who they would eject. Manager Stephen Vogt said an announcement would be made Friday off. Former Tiger Matthew Boyd, who pitched so well in Game 2, is on regular rest and is an option, but there are other options, Vogt said Thursday night.

    “We had to move forward tonight,” said Vogt. “We will meet again tomorrow.”

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