KANSAS CITY, Missouri – Jose Ramirez hit a home run, Josh Naylor had a pair of RBIs and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 7-2 on Saturday.
“It was really positive that we won with the chance to come back tomorrow, but we didn’t pay much attention to it,” Ramirez said about avoiding a four-game losing skid. “We’re going to win a lot of games in a row, but we’re also going to lose a lot of games in a row, but the important thing is that we compete.”
Vinnie Pasquantino hit his 10th home run of the season, while Michael Massey hit his seventh into the right bullpen to put the Royals ahead 2-1 in the second inning.
“Michael is a very good offensive player for us and today was a good day for him,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said.
Those two homers were the only runs Tanner Bibee (7-2) gave up in six innings. He allowed four hits and struck out three.
“I felt like I was banging my head against the wall, because that’s what these guys do,” Bibee said. “They are good at bats and battles. Today was a day of discovering from the beginning. I don’t think I made a lot of bad shots, but they just put the ball in play.”
The Guardians took a 3-2 lead after a two-run home run by Jhonkensy Noel. The play was contested, but was ruled a home run.
“I hit it too hard to see, but in my head I thought ‘please be fair,’” said Noel, who has two home runs since being called up four games ago. “It’s been great, being around these great players, great teammates and we’re just trying to win games.”
Ramirez extended the lead with an RBI double in the fifth and his 23rd home run of the season in the seventh inning to make it 7-2.
Cole Ragans (5-6) went 4 2/3 innings and allowed five earned runs. He gave up six hits and struck out six.
“I feel like I didn’t run things in general and I fell way behind,” Ragans said. “We all saw the replay (of the home run analyzed on video), it was a really bad pitch, straight down the middle and we can’t do anything about it.”
Before the game, Bo Jackson was inducted into the Royals Hall of Fame. He played for Kansas City for four seasons and was named the All-Star Game’s Most Valuable Player in 1989.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cleveland activated RHP Eli Morgan from the 15-day injured list, signed and placed LHP Matthew Boyd on the 15-day injured list, optioned RHP Darren McCaughan to Triple-A Columbus and designated for assignment RHP Zak Kent.
NEXT
Cleveland sends LHP Logan Allen (8-3, 5.72 ERA) to the mound against RHP Seth Lugo (10-2, 2.29) for Kansas City.
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