Tampa Bay Rays at Cleveland Guardians

· Major League Baseball

Tampa Bay Rays

73-77, 36-39 Away

Final
0 - 2

Cleveland Guardians

86-64, 45-27 Home

Ben Lively, 4 relievers combine for a 4-hitter, AL Central-leading Guardians beat Rays 2-0

Cade Smith, Tim Herrin, Hunter Gaddis and Emmanuel Clase wrapped up Cleveland’s 12th shutout. Clase finished for his career-high 45th save, taking over the major league lead from St. Louis’ Ryan Helsley and moving within one of tying Jose Mesa’s franchise record.

Lively (12-9) worked five-plus innings in his best start in seven weeks, giving up two hits in the first and two in the sixth. The right-hander struck out two, helping the Guardians reduce their magic number for clinching a playoff berth to four.

Rocchio singled in Daniel Schneemann in the second, putting the Guardians ahead 1-0. They added a run in the fourth when Angel Martínez scored on a delayed double-steal attempt, despite José Ramírez being thrown out at second base.

Rays starter Taj Bradley (6-11) dropped his career-high seventh straight decision, allowing two runs in 4 1/3 innings with six strikeouts. The righty threw 32 of his 99 pitches in the first, loading the bases before escaping unscathed.

Tampa Bay, which went 4-6 on a 10-game trip through Baltimore, Philadelphia and Cleveland, dropped 6 1/2 games out of the final AL wild-card spot with 12 to play.

The Guardians have the best home record in the AL at 45-27. All-Star left fielder Steven Kwan missed his third straight game with mid-low back tightness, but remains day to day.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rays: 2B Christopher Morel (right Achilles discomfort) was not in the lineup for the second day in a row, but struck out as a pinch hitter for the final out of the game. The trade deadline acquisition from the Cubs was hurt in the series opener Thursday.

Guardians: RHP Carlos Carrasco (left hip strain), who has been on the injured list since Aug. 8, will make his second rehab start this week. The 37-year-old starter lost his first appearance for Double-A Akron, allowing two runs in three innings against Hartford.

Rays: Tampa Bay hasn’t announced its starting pitchers for a three-game series against the Red Sox that begins Tuesday at Tropicana Field.

Guardians: LHP Matthew Boyd (2-1, 2.18 ERA) takes on Twins RHP Pablo López (15-8, 3.88 ERA) in the opener of a four-game home series Monday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Morel struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Morel hit for Carlson
	9th Inning	Aranda lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Caminero popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Clase relieved Gaddis
	9th Inning	Noel in right field.

Statistics

TB		CLE
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	7
9	Strikeouts	9
0	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
9	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	1
112	Pitches	149
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
4	Total Bases	9
32	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	2
-0.2	Runs Created	2.7
.129	Batting Average	.233
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.129	Slugging Percentage	.300
.065	Secondary Average	.167
.156	On Base Percentage	.303
.285	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.603
1.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
-0.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.1
5.0	Batter Rating	18.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.50	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.52
.000	Isolated Power	.067
0.11	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.031	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.091
-.065	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.067
0.0	Runs Produced	3.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	0.5
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
58.5	MLB Rating	70.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0