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The Cleveland Guardians are into the ALCS after beating the Tigers 7-3 in a pivotal Divisional Series Game 5 on Saturday. Cleveland, who is looking for its first World Series title since 1948, went two games without a run earlier in the series as the Tigers went to the brink of moving on. But the Guardians' bats woke up in Games 4 and 5 and they've advanced thanks to a five-run fifth inning on Saturday.

Michael Lorenzen threw the 14th no-hitter in Philadelphia Phillies history, a dazzling start to his new team, which beat the Washington Nationals 7-0 on Wednesday night. Lorenzen, a 31-year-old boy from Detroit, struck out five, walked four, and climbed to 2-0, the first minor leaguer to be drafted from Detroit at the trade deadline. Lorenzen made the first pitcher to toss a no-no in his home debut for a franchise after Don Cardwell did so for the Chicago Cubs in 1960.

We've arrived halfway through the 2023 Major League Baseball season, and the old rules haven't been followed. The Cardinals and Padres are a mess, the Marlins and Orioles are raging into the playoffs, and anyone who made a pre-season forecast of the Mets or Yankees is rubbing their eyes in disbelief. Two and a half months remain for teams to sort themselves out for the pennant chase, and as the regular season hits pause and MLB heads to Seattle for the All-Star Break, Mail Sport grades all 30 teams on their 2023 campaign so far: