Gabriel Arias had an RBI single and scored the go-ahead run on Bo Naylor’s double within the seventh inning, lifting the host Cleveland Guardians to a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday.
Arias collected two hits and Kole Calhoun had an RBI sacrifice fly within the third inning to ship the Guardians (65-70) to their third win in a row and fifth of their final seven video games.
Randy Arozarena and Rene Pinto every had an RBI double for the Rays (82-53), who noticed their four-game successful streak come to a halt.
Tampa Bay was nursing a slim 2-1 lead earlier than Cleveland ignited its offense within the seventh inning.
Andres Gimenez singled off Tyler Glasnow (7-5) to start the seventh and superior to 3rd on a stolen base and a lineout. Arias’ single to left area plated Gimenez to forge a tie earlier than Naylor’s RBI double gave the Guardians a 3-2 lead.
The late rebellion made a winner out of Eli Morgan (5-2), who allowed two hits in a single scoreless inning of reduction of starter Cal Quantrill. Trevor Stephan struck out two batters in a scoreless eighth inning to bridge the hole to Emmanuel Clase, who retired the facet within the ninth to safe his thirty seventh save of the season.
Tampa Bay bought off to a quick begin by scoring one run in every of the primary two innings.
Brandon Lowe labored a one-out stroll off Quantrill within the first inning and got here round to attain on Arozarena’s double off the highest of the left-field wall. The double prolonged Arozarena’s hitting streak to 5 video games.
The Rays doubled the benefit within the second after Jonathan Aranda labored a two-out stroll and scored on Pinto’s double to left area.
Cleveland halved its deficit within the third inning. Myles Straw doubled to guide off the inning in opposition to Glasnow, superior to 3rd on an infield single and scored on Calhoun’s sacrifice fly to left.
—Area Stage Media
