Seattle Mariners at Cleveland Guardians

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Seattle Mariners

72-64, 31-37 Away

Final
3 - 4

Cleveland Guardians

68-66, 35-32 Home

Kyle Manzardo's 2-run HR helps Guardians beat Mariners 4-3 to tighten AL wild-card race

Julio Rodriguez wallops a dinger vs. Guardians

The Guardians have won the first two games in the series to pull within three games of Seattle, which holds the third and final American League wild-card position. The Mariners have lost seven straight on the road and are 5-11 overall since Aug. 13.

Julio Rodríguez hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning against Hunter Gaddis to trim Cleveland’s lead to 4-3, but Cade Smith entered and retired the four batters he faced for his ninth save.

Williams (9-5) scattered four hits and allowed one run — on a Jorge Polanco homer in the seventh — in winning for the sixth time in eight home decisions this season.

Manzardo’s two-run homer off Mariners starter Logan Gilbert (4-6) extended the Guardians’ advantage to 3-0. Steven Kwan restored the three-run lead in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI single.

Bo Naylor opened the scoring in the fourth with an RBI single that scored José Ramírez.

Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, the MLB leader with 50 homers, went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts.

Key moment Left fielder Kwan robbed Josh Naylor of an extra-base hit in the sixth, sprinting toward center to make a diving catch that preserved Cleveland’s 1-0 lead. Julio Rodríguez would have scored from first base on the play.

Key stat Williams leads the majors with 73 walks, but only issued one to J.P. Crawford in the fifth. The right-hander has made 10 consecutive starts without allowing more than five hits.

Up next Mariners RHP Bryce Miller (3-5, 5.98 ERA) takes on Guardians RHP Tanner Bibee (9-10, 4.73 ERA) Sunday in the series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Raley struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Polanco struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Suárez struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Naylor grounded out to shortstop.
	8th Inning	Manzardo struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Ramírez flied out to center.

Statistics

SEA		CLE
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	10
12	Strikeouts	8
3	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	29
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
12	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
125	Pitches	133
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
12	Total Bases	8
34	Plate Appearances	32
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
2.5	Runs Created	2.4
.156	Batting Average	.172
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.375	Slugging Percentage	.276
.281	Secondary Average	.276
.206	On Base Percentage	.250
.581	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.526
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
2.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.7
25.0	Batter Rating	26.0
16.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.68	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.16
.219	Isolated Power	.103
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.059	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.094
.125	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.103
6.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
72.8	MLB Rating	73.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0