Cleveland Guardians at Athletics

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Cleveland Guardians

39-37, 20-22 Away

Final
3 - 0

Athletics

32-48, 15-27 Home

Slade Cecconi pitches Guardians to 3-0 win over Athletics

Cleveland Guardians vs. Athletics: Game Highlights

Cecconi (3-3) allowed six hits and a walk in his seventh start for Cleveland after making 17 for Arizona over the previous two seasons. Clase gave up a walk and singles to Tyler Soderstrom and JJ Bleday to load the bases before finishing for his second straight save and 18th in 21 opportunities.

The Guardians grabbed a 2-0 lead against A's starter JP Sears (5-7) in the second. Angel Martínez walked, stole second and scored on a single by Gabriel Arias. Nolan Jones doubled in Arias.

Steven Kwan singled and scored on a two-out base hit by David Fry in the fifth for the final run.

Sears allowed three runs and seven hits in five innings. He is 1-5 in his last eight starts.

Jack Perkins made his big league debut in the seventh for the A's and pitched three scoreless innings. He allowed one hit and struck out two.

Cleveland (39-37) finished 4-5 on its West Coast trip.

Key moment Clase loaded the bases with one out in the ninth before striking out pinch-hitter Max Muncy on three pitches and retiring Lawrence Butler on a groundout.

Key stat Cecconi had a 5.28 ERA after three May starts. He has allowed just five runs in four June starts covering 22 innings for a 2.05 ERA.

Up next The Athletics will start RHP Luis Severino (2-7, 4.42 ERA) on Tuesday in Detroit against LHP Tarik Skubal (8-2, 2.06), the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner.

The Guardians will start LHP Logan Allen (5-4, 4.21 ERA) on Tuesday against the visiting Blue Jays, who hadn't announced a scheduled starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Butler grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Muncy struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Muncy hit for Clarke
	9th Inning	Bleday reached on infield single to third, Urshela to second, Soderstrom to third.
	9th Inning	Bleday hit for MacIver
	9th Inning	Urshela walked, Soderstrom to second.

Statistics

CLE		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	14
9	Strikeouts	6
3	Runs Batted In	0
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	0
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
15	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
136	Pitches	134
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
10	Total Bases	9
36	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	0
2.8	Runs Created	2.5
.242	Batting Average	.265
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.303	Slugging Percentage	.265
.152	Secondary Average	.088
.286	On Base Percentage	.324
.589	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.589
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
2.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.5
25.0	Batter Rating	9.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.78	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.62
.061	Isolated Power	.000
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.056	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.081
-.091	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.176
6.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
75.5	MLB Rating	70.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Venue: Sutter Health Park

Location: Sacramento, California
Attendance: 10,215 | Capacity:

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