Tampa Bay Rays at Cleveland Guardians

· Major League Baseball

Tampa Bay Rays

64-68, 30-35 Away

Final
0 - 3

Cleveland Guardians

65-66, 32-32 Home

Messick pitches 7 shutout innings as Guardians beat Rays 3-0

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Cleveland Guardians: Game Highlights

Messick (1-0) allowed four hits, struck out six and didn't issue a walk. He pitched 6 2/3 innings and left with a 2-1 lead in his debut against Arizona before the Diamondbacks rallied for a 3-2 win in 10 innings.

Hunter Gaddis pitched a scoreless eighth and Cade Smith closed it out for his eighth save.

Steven Kwan led off the first with a single off Shane Baz (8-11).

C.J. Kayfus walked and Kyle Manzardo drove in Kwan with a single off the glove of first baseman Yandy Díaz. Bo Naylor added a sacrifice fly, and Brayan Rocchio drove in the third run with a two-out single.

Cleveland managed only Angel Martínez's leadoff walk in the eighth after that.

Baz allowed three runs on three hits in six innings. He retired 16 straight after Rocchio's single before leaving after striking out the side in the sixth. He is 0-8 in his last 10 starts. Griffin Jax and Mason Montgomery both pitched a scoreless inning.

Key moment Merrick surrendered a leadoff double to Díaz in the seventh but left him stranded there.

Key stat Merrick has a 0.66 ERA through his first two starts with 12 strikeouts and one walk.

Up next Rays RHP Drew Rasmussen (10-5, 2.62 ERA) starts Wednesday's rubber game opposite Guardians RHP Slade Cecconi (5-6, 4.41).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	B. Lowe struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Díaz singled to right.
	9th Inning	Caminero popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Simpson grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Smith relieved Gaddis
	8th Inning	Kwan picked off and caught stealing second.

Statistics

TB		CLE
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	9
8	Strikeouts	9
0	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
31	At Bats	25
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	6
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
14	Fly Balls	8
0	Caught Stealing	1
121	Pitches	118
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
6	Total Bases	3
31	Plate Appearances	29
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	0
-0.1	Runs Created	-0.1
.161	Batting Average	.120
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.194	Slugging Percentage	.120
.032	Secondary Average	.080
.161	On Base Percentage	.207
.355	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.327
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
-0.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.1
7.0	Batter Rating	15.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.90	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.07
.032	Isolated Power	.000
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.103
-.129	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.040
0.0	Runs Produced	6.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
61.5	MLB Rating	64.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0