Cleveland Guardians at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Cleveland Guardians

12-9, 7-8 Away

Final
5 - 4

Pittsburgh Pirates

8-15, 6-7 Home

Valdez and Gonzalez homer, Jones strikes out 9 as Pirates roll to 7-1 win over Guardians in Game 1

Manzardo whacks 2-run homer to extend Guardians' lead

Nick Gonzales added a solo shot in the sixth inning as the Pirates extended their winning streak to four games. At 51-47, it is the first time they are at least four games over .500 after the All-Star break since Sept. 25, 2018.

Cleveland All-Star rookie second baseman Travis Bazzana had an RBI triple in the third inning to drive in Steven Kwan for the lone run as the Guardians had a four-game winning streak snapped.

Pittsburgh's 128 homers are fifth in the majors. Gonzalez put the Pirates on the board with a two-run drive to right field that went 428 feet off Cleveland starter Gavin Williams (10-5). Valdez extended Pittsburgh's advantage to 4-1 in the sixth when he connected on a fastball and drove it over the wall in right-center.

Jones (2-1) allowed one run on three hits and walked one. After throwing six perfect innings in a no decision against Atlanta on July 8, the right-hander retired the first eight Cleveland hitters before Kwan's base hit to left. Dating back to Jones' July 2 outing against Philadelphia, he became only the third Pirates' pitcher since 1957 to retire at least 30 batters in a row. Harvey Haddix retired 38 straight during two outings in 1959 and Jim Bibby got out 32 straight across two games in 1981.

Williams gave up five runs on seven hits in six innings. It was the second time in the right-hander's four-year career he has allowed three home runs in a game.

Up next Cleveland's Logan Allen makes his first start of the year in the nightcap. The Pirates are expected to go with a bullpen game, but have not named an opener.

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Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Valdez lined out to right.
	10th Inning	Cruz grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Davis out at second, Suwinski to third.
	10th Inning	Davis ran for Bart
	10th Inning	Bart walked.
	10th Inning	Cantillo relieved Clase
	10th Inning	Suwinski ran for McCutchen

Statistics

CLE		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	14
6	Strikeouts	9
5	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	11
1	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	39
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	3
18	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
160	Pitches	176
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	14
41	Plate Appearances	42
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
4.5	Runs Created	4.3
.216	Batting Average	.282
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.405	Slugging Percentage	.359
.270	Secondary Average	.179
.268	On Base Percentage	.333
.674	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.692
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
4.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.9
37.0	Batter Rating	34.0
18.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.90	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.19
.189	Isolated Power	.077
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.049	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.071
.054	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.103
10.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
84.5	MLB Rating	83.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0