Cleveland Guardians at Arizona Diamondbacks

· Major League Baseball

Cleveland Guardians

64-60, 33-29 Away

Final
3 - 1

Arizona Diamondbacks

60-66, 30-31 Home

Rocchio hits a 2-run homer and the Guardians hold on in the 9th to beat the Diamondbacks 3-1

Kayfus, Rocchio push Guardians past Diamondbacks

Gavin Williams (8-4) threw 5 1/3 scoreless innings, giving up four hits and a walk while striking out five. It was another good outing for the 26-year-old, who took a no-hitter into the ninth against the New York Mets on Aug. 6 before giving up a solo homer to Juan Soto.

The D-backs cut their deficit to 3-1 with two outs in the ninth when Geraldo Perdomo hit an RBI triple that got past a diving Nolan Jones in right field. Cade Smith struck out Ketel Marte for his seventh save.

The Guardians snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 64-60, three games out of an American League wild-card spot. The Diamondbacks have dropped four straight.

Arizona starter Zac Gallen (9-13) gave up three runs and five hits over six innings, striking out three.

Rocchio connected for his third homer of the season in the fifth, turning on Gallen's knuckle curve and sending it over the right-field fence for a 3-0 advantage.

Kayfus homered in the second to give the Guardians a 1-0 lead. It was the 23-year-old's second big league homer and first of two hits on the night.

Key moment Erik Sabrowski got the Guardians out of a sixth-inning jam. He entered with one out and runners on first and third, but struck out Tyler Locklear and got Ildemaro Vargas to ground out, ending the threat.

Key stat The Diamondbacks were 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position.

Up next Cleveland RHP Tanner Bibee (9-9, 4.54 ERA) faces Arizona LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (5-7, 5.40) on Tuesday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Marte struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Perdomo tripled to right, Alexander scored.
	9th Inning	Alexander to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	McCann lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Thomas struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Alexander walked.

Statistics

CLE		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
12	Ground Balls	11
4	Strikeouts	9
3	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	6
2	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	33
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
6	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
16	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
126	Pitches	157
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	9
32	Plate Appearances	38
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
1.9	Runs Created	2.9
.156	Batting Average	.182
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.344	Slugging Percentage	.273
.250	Secondary Average	.212
.156	On Base Percentage	.289
.500	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.562
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
1.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.9
25.0	Batter Rating	14.5
16.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.94	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.13
.188	Isolated Power	.091
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.44
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.105
.094	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.030
6.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
73.8	MLB Rating	68.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0