Cleveland Guardians at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Cleveland Guardians

10-9, 5-8 Away

Final
10 - 7

Pittsburgh Pirates

8-13, 6-5 Home

Bo Naylor's 3 hits, 3 RBIs power the Guardians to a 10-7 win over the Pirates

Bo Naylor breaks it open with 2-RBI double

Naylor homered leading off the third inning to pull the Guardians into a 1-all tie, and his two-run double sparked a three-run fourth that put Cleveland ahead for good at 5-2. The catcher entered the game hitting .162.

Ortiz (2-2) had eight strikeouts in winning his second straight start. Acquired from the Pirates in a three-way trade with Toronto in December, Ortiz gave up two runs, five hits and three walks.

The Pirates scored three runs in the seventh and two in the ninth before Emmanuel Clase got the last out for his third save in four chances, striking out Jack Suwinski with runners on first and second.

The Guardians had 14 hits, including two each by Steven Kwan, Lane Thomas, Jose Ramirez and Gabriel Arias. Johnkensy Noel and Arias hit consecutive two-run doubles in a four-run seventh that pushed the lead to 10-2.

Oneil Cruz, Bryan Reynolds and Enmanuel Valdez hit home runs for the Pirates. Cruz led off the bottom of the first inning with a homer for a second consecutive game atter connecting against Washington on Thursday.

Reynolds had three hits and two RBI.

Carmen Mlodzinski (1-3) was tagged for five runs and nine hits in four-plus innings and had no strikeouts.

Cleveland had lost back-to-back games in Baltimore, while the Pirates won three of four games in a series against Washington.

Key moment Naylor’s double was a line drive to center field that eluded Cruz and broke a 2-all tie.

Key stat Cruz hit a grand slam on Wednesday before his leadoff home runs on Thursday and Friday. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the only other major leaguer since 1900 to hit two leadoff homers and a grand slam in the span of three games was Colorado’s Charlie Blackmon in 2016.

Up next The Guardians’ Ben Lively (0-2, 4.87) starts on Saturday against Paul Skenes (2-1, 2.96), who will be featured in a bobblehead giveaway.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Suwinski struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bart walked.
	9th Inning	Clase relieved Sewald
	9th Inning	Valdez singled to left, Cruz scored, Valdez to second, Reynolds thrown out at third.
	9th Inning	McCutchen popped out to first.
	9th Inning	Reynolds singled to left, Kiner-Falefa scored, Cruz to second.

Statistics

CLE		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	6
6	Strikeouts	13
10	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
14	Hits	11
1	Stolen Bases	2
4	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
10	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
39	At Bats	37
1	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
6	Doubles	2
20	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
172	Pitches	166
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
23	Total Bases	22
44	Plate Appearances	42
162.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
7	Extra Base Hits	5
9.0	Runs Created	8.6
.359	Batting Average	.297
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.590	Slugging Percentage	.595
.359	Secondary Average	.486
.409	On Base Percentage	.381
.999	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.976
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
9.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.9
70.0	Batter Rating	54.0
39.0	At Bats Per Home Run	12.3
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.91	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.95
.231	Isolated Power	.297
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.091	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.119
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.189
20.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
109.8	MLB Rating	98.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0