Cleveland Guardians at Texas Rangers

· Major League Baseball

Cleveland Guardians

64-65, 33-34 Away

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Texas Rangers

66-66, 40-26 Home

Homers by Tellez and Pederson back Kelly's pitching as Rangers blank Guardians 5-0 to sweep series

Kelly (10-7) faced two batters in the eighth and struck out eight, the most in his five starts with Texas since being acquired from Arizona on July 31.

The Rangers (66-66) have won three straight for the first time since sweeping Atlanta from July 25-27. They’re back at .500 for the first time since Aug. 14.

Tellez hit a two-run homer in the fourth, and Wyatt Langford blooped a two-run single into shallow right field. Pederson added a solo shot in the seventh.

The Guardians (64-65) were shut out on eight singles over the final 19 innings of the series and have lost four in a row overall, dropping below .500 for the first time since July 29.

Gavin Williams (8-5) allowed three runs on three hits and four walks in 3 1/3 innings. Williams leads the majors this season with 72 walks.

Key moment Tellez, a left-handed hitter, homered off Williams, who leads the majors with a .146 opponents’ batting average against lefty hitters.

Key stats The Rangers have the majors’ best team ERA (3.43) while the Guardians have the majors’ lowest team batting average (.225). Cleveland has been shut out an AL-most 14 times.

Up next Guardians RHP Tanner Bibee (9-9, 4.62 ERA) faces Tampa Bay LHP Ian Seymour (1-0, 3.86) on Monday to begin a six-game homestand.

Rangers RHP Jacob deGrom (10-5, 2.76 ERA) returns to the rotation Monday at home against Angels RHP José Soriano (8-9, 4.00) after missing a scheduled turn last Wednesday to manage his workload following some shoulder fatigue. Texas’ lone All-Star this season, deGrom has one win following the break and is 0-3 in his last four starts.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Kayfus grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Manzardo grounded into double play, third to shortstop to first, Ramírez out at second.
	9th Inning	Ramírez singled to center.
	9th Inning	Milner relieved Coulombe
	8th Inning	Pederson struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Seager singled to center, Smith to third.

Statistics

CLE		$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	10
9	Strikeouts	11
0	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	5
2	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	1
115	Pitches	189
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
5	Total Bases	17
32	Plate Appearances	40
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
0	Extra Base Hits	3
0.3	Runs Created	8.1
.167	Batting Average	.303
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.167	Slugging Percentage	.515
.067	Secondary Average	.545
.219	On Base Percentage	.425
.385	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.940
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
0.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.1
5.0	Batter Rating	43.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.83
3.59	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.73
.000	Isolated Power	.212
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.64
.063	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.175
-.100	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.242
0.0	Runs Produced	10.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
61.0	MLB Rating	90.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0