Jim Adduci drove in four runs, including a go-ahead three-run homer, and Francisco Liriano tossed seven strong innings to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 6-4 victory over the host Cleveland Indians on Sunday afternoon at Progressive Field.

Mikie Mahtook hit a solo homer and Jeimer Candelario had three hits and scored two runs for Detroit (61-88), which took two of three games in the road series.

Rookie Christin Stewart supplied three hits, a run scored and an RBI.

Liriano (5-10) held the Indians (83-66) to three runs on five hits while walking two and striking out seven. He has notched victories in two of his three September starts after going winless since April 28. Shane Greene recorded his 30th save despite giving up a ninth-inning run.

The Indians rested all of their usual starting position players after clinching the American League Central title for the third straight season with Saturday's 15-0 blowout.

Cleveland's starting pitcher, Shane Bieber (10-4), allowed five runs on nine hits in six innings. Yandy Diaz led the offense with two hits, a run scored and an RBI. Brandon Guyer added two hits and scored twice.

Candelario and Stewart started off the game with back-to-back singles. A fielder's choice advanced Candelario and he scored on Adduci's sacrifice fly.

The Indians tied it in the bottom of the inning on a one-out double from Greg Allen and a two-out single by Diaz.

Cleveland took a 3-1 lead in the fourth. Diaz led off with a double and Guyer walked. Following a strikeout, Eric Haase ripped an RBI single. Erik Gonzalez drove in another run on a fielder's choice.

Detroit regained the lead in the fifth. Singles by Ronny Rodriguez and Candelario preceded Stewart's RBI hit. Bieber struck out Nicholas Castellanos for the second out of the inning, but Adduci hit an opposite-field blast to put the Tigers in front, 5-3.

Mahtook blasted his eighth homer just inside the left-field foul pole off Andrew Miller to give Detroit a three-run lead in the eighth.

--Field Level Media