Cleveland Guardians at Los Angeles Dodgers

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Cleveland Guardians

3-2, 3-2 Away

Final
4 - 2

Los Angeles Dodgers

3-1, 3-1 Home

Messick shines for 6 scoreless as Guardians spoil Dodgers' perfect start, 4-2

Cleveland Guardians vs. Los Angeles Dodgers: Game Highlights

The Dodgers were 3-0 after rallying in every game of their opening series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. They nearly pulled it off again, scoring two runs in the bottom of the ninth off closer Cade Smith, who had two wild pitches.

But their offense mostly went cold, with Shohei Ohtani, Kyle Tucker, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman combining to go 3-for-16.

Betts' RBI double and Freeman's RBI groundout in the ninth were the Dodgers' only runs.

Messick (1-0) allowed five runs and struck out five.

The Guardians led 1-0 on Steven Kwan's RBI double in the right field corner off Roki Sasaki, the first of three consecutive Japanese starters scheduled for the Dodgers in the series.

Sasaki (0-1) got pulled after giving up a leadoff single to Angel Martinez in the fifth. The 24-year-old right-hander struggled to find the strike zone in his first start since May 9. Sasaki allowed one run and four hits in four innings, struck out four and walked two.

The Guardians extended their lead to 4-0 in the seventh. Justin Wrobleski loaded the bases on consecutive singles to Austin Hedges, Martinez and Kwan. After two outs, pinch-hitter Rhys Hoskins fell behind 0-2 before Wrobleski missed with a slider, walking Hoskins and forcing in Hedges.

It was the first run allowed by the Dodgers' bullpen to start the season.

Daniel Schneemann followed with a two-run double.

Third baseman Jos Ram rez went 1 for 5 playing in his 1,614th game for Cleveland, tying Nap Lajoie for second all-time. Ram rez could potentially overtake Terry Turner, who played in 1,619 games, this weekend at home.

Up next Cleveland's RHP Tanner Bibee (0-0, 5.40 ERA) starts Tuesday against RHP Shohei Ohtani (1-1, 2.87), who makes his season debut on the mound.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Pages grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Freeman grounded out to first, Betts scored.
	9th Inning	Betts to third on wild pitch by Smith.
	9th Inning	T. Hernández grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Betts doubled to left, Tucker scored.
	9th Inning	Tucker to third on wild pitch by Smith.

Statistics

CLE		LAD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	13
8	Strikeouts	6
4	Runs Batted In	2
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	9
3	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
21	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	2
18	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
154	Pitches	137
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	11
39	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
4.6	Runs Created	2.5
.257	Batting Average	.273
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.343	Slugging Percentage	.333
.257	Secondary Average	.061
.316	On Base Percentage	.273
.659	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.606
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
4.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.7
34.0	Batter Rating	21.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.95	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.15
.086	Isolated Power	.061
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.077	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.212
8.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
81.3	MLB Rating	75.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0