Cleveland Guardians at Tampa Bay Rays

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Cleveland Guardians

71-70, 36-37 Away

Final
3 - 2

Tampa Bay Rays

71-71, 38-35 Home

Kwan drives in tiebreaking run with infield hit in 9th to lift Guardians past Rays 3-2

Cleveland Guardians vs. Tampa Bay Rays: Game Highlights

The Guardians won their second straight and clinched the season series against Tampa Bay. Cleveland also moved a game ahead of the Rays in the American League wild-card race and pulled 1 1/2 games behind Seattle, which holds the final playoff spot.

Hunter Gaddis (2-2) pitched a scoreless eighth to pick up the win and Cade Smith got the last three outs for his 10th save.

Rays closer Pete Fairbanks (4-5) gave up a run in the ninth to take the loss.

Rays starter Shane Baz extended his scoreless innings streak to 14 before faltering in the fourth inning. He hit José Ramírez with a pitch, walked Kyle Manzardo and allowed a single to Nolan Jones before Daniel Schneemann doubled home two runs. Baz lasted five innings, giving up two runs and five hits with one walk and eight strikeouts.

Josh Lowe answered in the fifth with his 10th homer of the season — and third in his last eight games — to pull the Rays within one. Tristan Gray doubled in the sixth and scored the tying run on Yandy Díaz’s fielder's choice.

Tanner Bibee, who had surrendered four or more runs in eight straight starts, limited the Rays to two runs over 6 2/3 innings. He scattered six hits, walked three and struck out five.

Key moment With the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh, Tampa Bay's Jake Mangum tried to steal home but was tagged out to end the inning and preserve the tie.

Key stat Ramírez stole his 37th base of the season and 280th of his career, passing Omar Vizquel for second in Guardians franchise history. He trails only Kenny Lofton (452).

Up next Guardians LHP Parker Messick (1-0, 2.08 ERA) starts Sunday against Rays RHO Drew Rasmussen (10-5, 2.74).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	J. Lowe struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Caminero struck out looking.
	9th Inning	B. Lowe flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Smith relieved Gaddis
	9th Inning	Rocchio at shortstop.
	9th Inning	Martínez flied out to left.

Statistics

CLE		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	10
14	Strikeouts	6
3	Runs Batted In	2
1	Sacrifice Hit	1
7	Hits	6
3	Stolen Bases	2
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	3
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	5
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
11	Fly Balls	13
1	Caught Stealing	2
147	Pitches	138
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	11
38	Plate Appearances	32
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
3.6	Runs Created	1.9
.219	Batting Average	.214
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.281	Slugging Percentage	.393
.250	Secondary Average	.286
.324	On Base Percentage	.290
.606	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.683
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
3.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.8
26.0	Batter Rating	23.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	28.0
0.75	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.87	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.31
.063	Isolated Power	.179
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.105	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.094
.031	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.071
6.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
73.3	MLB Rating	74.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0