The path Fry took to the big leagues is emblematic of the way the Guardians have kept on trudging along even though many have counted them out all season long. He was a player to be named later in a trade involving a relief pitcher who's no longer in the big leagues, and yet, here he is, flourishing in the grandest baseball stage of them all.

Pinch-hitter David Fry had a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning, then bunted home an insurance run in the ninth to help the Cleveland Guardians force a decisive Game 5 against the Detroit Tigers in their AL Division Series with a 5-4 victory.