ANAHEIM, California – José Ramírez scored for the second game in a row and the Cleveland Guardians extended their winning streak to eight, defeating the Los Angeles Angels 4-3 on Saturday night.
Ramírez’s two-run shot in the fourth inning against José Soriano (2-5) increased the Guardians’ lead to 4-0. It was their third in the weekend series and their sixth in eight games. He is tied for fourth in the majors with 15 home runs and has an MLB-leading 51 RBIs.
Tanner Bibee (3-1), who grew up 20 miles from Angel Stadium in Mission Viejo, earned his first win since April 21 after going 0-1 in his previous five starts. The right-hander allowed three runs on six hits and struck out six in six innings.
Emmanuel Clase allowed one base hit but retired the remaining three batters in the ninth for his 16th save.
The Angels fell to 6-18 at home despite Taylor Ward’s three-run home run in the fourth inning. The Halos had opportunities to tie, but made critical errors on the base paths. They were caught stealing twice, and Luis Rengifo was thrown out by Cleveland left fielder Estevan Florial when he tried to extend a base hit into a double.
Soriano, who threw six shutout innings in a 6-0 win at Cleveland on May 3, struck out eight in six innings but gave up four runs on four hits.
Cleveland was up 2–0 on Tyler Freeman’s RBI base hit and Brayan Rocchio scored on a wild pitch when Ramírez took a full count curve just over the short fence in the right field corner for a two-run shot.
The Angels responded with three in the third. Kyren Paris drew a walk and Rengifo doubled to left as Ward hit Bibee’s fastball for his team-leading 13th home run of the season.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Guardians: OF Steven Kwan (acute left hamstring strain) hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning for Single-A Lake County during their game against West Michigan on Saturday. Kwan played six innings in right field and went 1-for-3 with three RBIs. He is expected to be the designated hitter for Lake County on Sunday.
Angels: OF Mike Trout (left knee) is riding a stationary bike and elliptical, but there is no word on when he will be able to resume baseball activities.
NEXT
Cleveland RHP Ben Lively (3-2, 2.84 ERA), mistakenly called Blake Lively by Mets announcer Gary Cohen last week and had the moment go viral, will take over for the series finale. LHP Reid Detmers (3-4, 5.80) goes to Los Angeles.
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