Kwan delivers game-tying single, walk-off in 11 innings
CLEVELAND — It’s in all probability protected to say the Tampa Bay Rays are sick of the Cleveland Guardians.
An evening after coming again within the seventh inning in opposition to the Rays, the Guardians added an additional aptitude for the dramatic Saturday, selecting up the tying run within the ninth inning on a two-out, RBI single from Steven Kwan earlier than strolling it off on a sacrifice fly from Kwan within the eleventh to safe a 7-6 win.
Kwan’s walk-off sac fly was arrange by an unimaginable play within the prime of the tenth when Andrés Giménez uncorked a depraved 88.4 mph throw to Bo Naylor to tag out Luke Raley at residence with what would have been the go-ahead run. The Rays tallied a run off Sam Hentges within the eleventh with a Brandon Lowe sacrifice fly.
After Gabriel Arias opened the eleventh inning with a strikeout, computerized runner Myles Straw stole third base and Naylor drew a 10-pitch stroll, establishing a game-tying single from José Tena. An at-bat later, Kwan ended it.
The Guardians needed to play from in behind from the leap on Saturday due to a leadoff residence run from Yandy Díaz on the fourth pitch of the sport from Guardians starter Logan Allen. That lead was short-lived nonetheless, as Cleveland loaded the bases within the backside of the inning in opposition to Tampa starter Zack Littell and scored a run on an Andrés Giménez groundout earlier than taking the lead an inning in a while a fielder’s selection from Oscar Gonzalez.
They doubled that lead two innings in a while a 386-foot, 103.9 mph reverse discipline blast from Arias on a 91 mph sinker from Littell that caught an excessive amount of of the plate — his fourth residence run over Cleveland’s final 17 video games.
With the win, the Guardians moved to 4 1/2 video games behind the Minnesota Twins, who’ve but to complete their Saturday evening sport in opposition to the Rangers. Cleveland has another sport in opposition to the Rays on Sunday earlier than they welcome the Twins to Progressive Field for a vital three-game sequence.
