Wenceel Pérez captured the relief of the Detroit Tigers after finally ending their eight-game losing streak in a 4-2 win over the Cleveland Guardians.

With three games left, the Tigers and Guardians share first place in the AL Central, but Cleveland holds the head-to-head tiebreaker.

Jahmai Jones led off the game with a home run and the Detroit Tigers snapped an eight-game losing streak, beating Cleveland 4-2 on Thursday night to move back into a tie with the Guardians for the AL Central lead.

Friday's game against the Red Sox will not be broadcast on a traditional TV channel. Instead, it will air as part of Apple TV+'s "Friday Night Baseball" package, which means you'll need an Apple TV+ subscription and a smart device to watch the game.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Parker Messick and the Guardians face the Detroit Tigers in a series finale at Progressive Field. Here are the starting lineups for Thursday’s game between the Guardians and Tigers. Where: Progressive Field, 6:40 p.m. ET.

Offensively, they were much better in the first half average wise, slug wise, and in high leverage situations (with RISP and two outs). Timely two-out hits are important, and they had a lot more of those in the first half of the season. That is what has changed with the Detroit Tigers.

The Detroit Tigers’ free fall has now reached epic depths. They are now tied with the Cleveland Guardians in the AL Central.

CLEVELAND -- The Detroit Tigers will try to snap their lengthy losing streak on Wednesday night at Progressive Field. They play the Guardians at 6:40 p.m. The Tigers (85-72) have lost seven straight and 10 of their last 11. They now trail the Guardians (85-72) in the AL Central by virtue of having lost the season series and the tiebreaker.

The Detroit Tigers have 15 players working out at Fifth Third Field, home of the Toledo Mud Hens. All of them are ready to help the Tigers if needed.

The Cleveland Guardians can't win every single game, even if it felt like that the past three weeks. Thursday night was, well, a bummer for Guardians fans. The

Detroit's slide continued in Cleveland on Wednesday night, with another loss to the Guardians — the team's eighth in a row overall — dropping the Tigers to now a full game behind their Central rivals in the division standings. Things are not going great right now, to say the least.