Cleveland Guardians at Tampa Bay Rays

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Cleveland Guardians

72-70, 37-37 Away

Final
2 - 1

Tampa Bay Rays

71-72, 38-36 Home

Ramírez passes Thome on Cleveland RBIs list as Guardians beat Rays 2-1

Cleveland Guardians vs. Tampa Bay Rays: Game Highlights

Ramírez hit a tying triple in the a two-run sixth off Garrett Cleavinger (1-5) for his 938th RBI and trails only Earl Averill's 1,084.

Gabriel Arias had an RBI single later in the inning against Kevin Kelly that scored David Fry, who slid home headfirst just ahead of right fielder Josh Lowe's throw,.

Cleavinger entered to start the sixth with a 20-inning scoreless streak, the active major league high. The run was the first he allowed since July 5.

Cleveland (72-70) won the last three games of the four-game series and moved ahead of the Rays (71-72). Seattle (75-68) leads for the third and final wild card.

The game drew 8,155, the 16th time in 74 home games the Rays did not sell out 10,046-capacity Steinbrenner Field.

Left-hander Parker Messick (2-0), a 24-year-old left-hander making his fourth major league start, allowed one run and eight hits in six innings with four strikeouts and no walks. Messick is from Plant City, less than 30 miles away, and was pitching before family and friends .

Rays rookie Carson Williams homered in the fifth on a fastball, ending an 0-for-12 slide.

Cade Smith struck out the side in the ninth for his 11th save in 16 chances.

Key Moment Brandon Lowe's first-inning, two-out fly ball landed on the right-field warning track behind George Valera and Junior Caminero, who started on first, failed to run hard and only reached first. Caminero was stranded when Christopher Morel flied out.

Key Stat Rays starter Drew Rasmussen was removed after 82 pitches over five scoreless innings.

Up Next Guardians: RHP Slade Cecconi (5-6, 4.78) starts a homestand opener against Kansas City and RHP Ryan Bergert (2-1, 2.61).

Rays: Have not said who will start Tuesday's series opener at the Chicago White Sox.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Feduccia struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	J. Lowe struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Pereira struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Smith relieved Gaddis
	9th Inning	Martínez flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Kwan lined out to left.

Statistics

CLE		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
7	Strikeouts	10
2	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	1
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	35
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
22	Runners Left On Base	12
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
162	Pitches	136
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	13
38	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
3.2	Runs Created	2.9
.219	Batting Average	.257
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.281	Slugging Percentage	.371
.250	Secondary Average	.114
.342	On Base Percentage	.257
.623	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.629
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
3.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.9
18.5	Batter Rating	18.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.26	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.89
.063	Isolated Power	.114
0.71	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.132	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.031	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.143
4.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
72.8	MLB Rating	74.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0