San Diego Padres at Cleveland Guardians

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San Diego Padres

50-50, 24-22 Away

Final
0 - 7

Cleveland Guardians

59-37, 31-11 Home

José Ramírez's 2-RBI single in the 6-run 8th inning leads Guardians past Padres 7-0

Cleveland had five hits and a bases-loaded walk by David Fry in the eighth, but the big hit was a single up the middle by Ramírez that gave him 79 RBI — the second-most in the majors behind Yankees slugger Aaron Judge (86).

Brayan Rocchio added a two-run single and Tyler Freeman had a sacrifice fly in the inning for the Guardians, who have the best home record in the majors at 31-11. Their 59-37 overall mark trails only Philadelphia (62-35).

“We’ve got a good balance where we are right now, somewhere between let’s keep doing what we’re doing and let’s turn it up a lot,” Bibee said. “We’re in a major buy-mode (at the trade deadline), I hope.”

Bibee (8-4) worked 5 2/3 innings, limiting San Diego to two hits and not allowing a runner past second base. Cade Smith, Hunter Gaddis and Nick Sandlin wrapped up Cleveland’s ninth shutout of the season.

“We’ve all known that Tanner is a bona fide ace,” Fry said. “Now, the whole league is finding out. They’re circling his name and he’s still putting up zeroes.”

Luis Arraez and Jake Cronenworth had two hits apiece for San Diego, which is 1 1/2 games out of the final NL wild-card spot. Arraez sat out the All-Star Game in Texas this week to rest his jammed left thumb.

“We started off pretty good and got Bibee’s pitch count up, but we couldn’t get anything going,” San Diego third baseman Manny Machado said. “We are hitting the ball hard, but right at people.”

The Guardians took a 1-0 lead in the fifth on Daniel Schneemann’s double off Matt Waldron (5-9). Fry scored on the play and went 3 for 3, three days after singling home a run in his All-Star debut.

Waldron gave up six hits, did not issue a walk and struck out six. The righty was drafted by Cleveland and traded to the Padres in a nine-player deal that included Josh Naylor.

“Matt has been a stronghold for our pitching staff,” Machado said. “He’s been doing really well.”

The Padres, who have played an MLB-high 100 games, slipped to .500.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Guardians: LHP Matthew Boyd (Tommy John surgery) struck out seven over three innings, allowing an unearned run, in his initial rehab appearance for the Arizona Complex League Guardians. Boyd is targeting mid-August for his return to the majors.

Padres RHP Dylan Cease (8-8, 3.99 ERA) takes on Guardians RHP Gavin Williams (0-1, 3.77 ERA) in the second game of the series. Cease has thrown 1,078 breaking balls over his 20 starts, the most in the majors.

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Matchup Prediction

Guardians: 63.4%

Padres: 36.6%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Merrill struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bogaerts to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Bogaerts grounded into fielder's choice to second third, Bogaerts to first on error by first baseman J. Naylor, Cronenworth out at second.
	9th Inning	Machado lined out to third.
	9th Inning	Cronenworth singled to center.
	9th Inning	Sandlin relieved Gaddis

Statistics

SD		CLE
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
8	Ground Balls	10
6	Strikeouts	8
0	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
4	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
30	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
16	Fly Balls	16
1	Caught Stealing	0
142	Pitches	157
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
5	Total Bases	12
33	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
0.3	Runs Created	4.6
.133	Batting Average	.344
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.167	Slugging Percentage	.375
.100	Secondary Average	.094
.212	On Base Percentage	.371
.379	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.746
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
0.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.2
6.0	Batter Rating	42.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.30	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.36
.033	Isolated Power	.031
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.13
.091	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.028
-.033	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.250
0.0	Runs Produced	14.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.5
60.5	MLB Rating	90.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0