Cleveland Guardians at Baltimore Orioles

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Cleveland Guardians

50-26, 24-17 Away

Final
3 - 2

Baltimore Orioles

49-29, 25-15 Home

Ramírez's tiebreaking homer in 6th lifts Guardians to 6th straight win, 3-2 over slumping Orioles

Tanner Bibee (6-2) allowed one earned run in six innings for the Guardians, who were able to protect their slim lead without using highly worked closer Emmanuel Clase. Tim Herrin and Hunter Gaddis worked the seventh and eighth, and Scott Barlow struck out the side in the ninth for his second save of the year.

“I've had calmer games,” manager Stephen Vogt said. “But we've talked about it all year, that's the beauty of this bullpen is every one of them can pitch in leverage. Mr. Barlow's had his fair share of saves as well, so he's in a very comfortable situation for him.”

Since taking two of three in a big series at Yankee Stadium, Baltimore has dropped four in a row for the first time this year. Rookie Cade Povich (0-2) steadied himself after a 31-pitch first inning, but with the score tied at 2 in the sixth, Ramírez hit a 431-foot homer to center field.

It was Ramírez's 236th home run, tying Manny Ramirez for third on the team's career list.

This was the first meeting between these two franchises in which both were at least 20 games over .500, according to information from the Elias Sports Bureau via the Guardians. Cleveland (50-26) extended its lead in the AL Central to eight games over Minnesota, and the Orioles (49-29) fell to two games behind the AL East-leading Yankees.

Cleveland's Steven Kwan went 1 for 3, lowering his average to .389.

Ramírez and Baltimore's Ryan O'Hearn traded RBI singles in the first. Bo Naylor's run-scoring double in the second gave the Guardians a 2-1 lead, but Anthony Santander hit a sacrifice fly in the third. Santander also threw out Cleveland's Daniel Schneemann at the plate from right field in the fourth.

“That was just a fun baseball play,” Vogt said. “Obviously I wish the result would have been different for us, but it was a great play.”

TRAINER'S ROOM

Guardians: UT David Fry (right elbow inflammation) started Monday as the DH. ... RHP Gavin Williams (elbow) is expected to make a minor league start Wednesday. ... Cleveland optioned RHP Darren McCaughan and INF Angel Martinez to Triple-A Columbus. The Guardians recalled RHP Xzavion Curry from Columbus and activated INF Gabriel Arias from the family medical emergency list. Arias was ejected after striking out in the ninth.

Orioles: Manager Brandon Hyde said RHP Dean Kremer (triceps strain) will probably make another rehab start after pitching 2/3 of an inning for Triple-A Norfolk on Saturday. ... Baltimore recalled OF prospect Heston Kjerstad, the No. 2 pick in the 2020 draft, from Norfolk and designated INF/OF Nick Maton for assignment. Kjerstad doubled and singled in his first two plate appearances. He also had a 13-pitch at-bat in the eighth that ended in a flyout.

Cleveland's Logan Allen (8-3) faces Baltimore's Cole Irvin (6-3) in a matchup of lefties Tuesday night.

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Matchup Prediction

Orioles: 47.1%

Guardians: 52.9%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Mountcastle struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Mountcastle hit for Urías
	9th Inning	Mullins struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Westburg struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Barlow relieved Gaddis
	9th Inning	Rocchio at shortstop.

Statistics

CLE		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	7
12	Strikeouts	13
3	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	5
2	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
34	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	9
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	3
11	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
140	Pitches	158
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
16	Total Bases	8
36	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	3
4.9	Runs Created	1.3
.235	Batting Average	.156
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.471	Slugging Percentage	.250
.353	Secondary Average	.156
.278	On Base Percentage	.200
.748	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.450
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
5.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.3
33.5	Batter Rating	19.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.89	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.51
.235	Isolated Power	.094
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.15
.056	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.057
.118	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
6.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
80.5	MLB Rating	66.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0