Cleveland Guardians at Houston Astros

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Cleveland Guardians

42-48, 22-25 Away

Final
10 - 6

Houston Astros

55-37, 32-16 Home

Angel Martínez's grand slam in 10th inning gives Guardians win over Astros

Guardians take down the Astors in extra innings

José Ramírez and Brayan Rocchio also homered to help the Guardians beat the Astros for a second straight night after entering the series on a 10-game skid.

Out for a second inning after throwing a scoreless ninth and with a runner on starting on second, Hader (5-2) intentionally walked Ramírez before walking Carlos Santana to load the bases. Hader struck out pinch-hitter Johnathan Rodríguez before Martínez sent a sinker 344 feet, into the first row of the seats in left field to put the Guardians on top.

Cleveland closer Emmanuel Clase struck out one in a scoreless 10th to end it after Jakob Junis (2-1) struck out two in the ninth to earn the win.

Houston scored two runs in the eighth inning, with an RBI single from Jose Altuve, to tie it.

Altuve had two hits and drove in four runs, and rookie Cam Smith added three hits.

Houston starter Hunter Brown, who entered with an MLB-leading 1.82 ERA, yielded six hits and a season-high six runs in six innings.

There was one on with one out in the first when Ramírez homered for a second consecutive game, giving the Guardians a 2-0 lead.

The Astros cut the lead to 2-1 when Isaac Paredes scored on a sacrifice fly by Altuve in the bottom of the inning.

Rocchio doubled to start the third before scoring on a one-out double by Nolan Jones, making it 3-1. A two-out single by Daniel Schneemann scored two more, extending the lead to 5-1.

Altuve’s two-run double cut the lead to 6-3 with no outs in the fifth. Houston got within 6-4 when he scored on a sacrifice fly by Victor Caratini.

Cleveland starter Joey Cantillo allowed five hits and three runs with seven strikeouts in four-plus innings.

Key moment The grand slam by Martínez into the Crawford Boxes.

Key stat It’s the first time Cleveland has won back-to-back games since beating the Athletics June 21-22.

Up next Houston LHP Brandon Walter (1-1, 4.15 ERA) opposes RHP Slade Cecconi (3-4, 3.56) when the series concludes Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Smith struck out swinging.
	10th Inning	Whitcomb grounded out to third.
	10th Inning	Trammell flied out to center.
	10th Inning	Clase relieved Junis
	10th Inning	Noel in left field.
	10th Inning	Martínez at second base.

Statistics

CLE		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	7
6	Strikeouts	15
10	Runs Batted In	6
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	11
2	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
10	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	2
36	At Bats	39
3	Home Runs	0
1	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	30
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
2	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	5
20	Fly Balls	19
0	Caught Stealing	0
150	Pitches	205
0	Games Started	0
3	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
19	Total Bases	16
43	Plate Appearances	47
486.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	5
6.7	Runs Created	6.5
.222	Batting Average	.282
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.528	Slugging Percentage	.410
.528	Secondary Average	.282
.333	On Base Percentage	.362
.861	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.772
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
6.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.9
63.0	Batter Rating	45.0
12.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.49	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.36
.306	Isolated Power	.128
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.140	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.128
.306	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
20.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.5
99.8	MLB Rating	89.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0