Cleveland Guardians at Colorado Rockies

· Major League Baseball

Cleveland Guardians

64-66, 33-32 Away

Final
4 - 3

Colorado Rockies

50-79, 27-37 Home

Adell homers, Bibee gets 1st win in a month as the Guardians beat the Rockies 4-3

The win, coupled with Texas’ 3-0 loss to the Los Angeles Angels, moved Cleveland into a tie with the Rangers for the last AL wild card. The Guardians have won three straight.

Jose Ramirez singled in the fourth for his 1,752nd career hit, which is fifth on the franchise list.

Bibee, whose last victory was July 20, has been victimized by lack of run support all year. Entering Saturday, Cleveland was shut out in seven of his 22 starts and the offense averaged 3.05 runs when he is on the mound, the lowest among qualified pitchers.

He struck out Connor Norby and Willi Castro to end his night — with the last strike coming on a challenge by catcher Patrick Bailey — to record his 16th quality start of the season. Norby led off the ninth with a home run off of Cade Smith, who got the next three batters for his 33rd save.

Mickey Moniak homered for Colorado, which has lost eight straight at home and five in a row overall. Gabriel Hughes (0-5) is still seeking his first major league victory after eight starts and nine overall appearances.

The Guardians took the lead when Adell followed Ramirez’s milestone single with a three-run homer, his 20th of the season. Colorado got a run back in the bottom of the inning and Moniak hit his 21st home run with two outs in the fifth to make it 3-2.

Bailey had a two-out RBI single in the sixth.

Up next Guardians RHP Foster Griffin (14-4, 3.18) was set to start Sunday against Rockies RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6, 4.70).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	B. Sullivan struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Johnston flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Castro lined out to second.
	9th Inning	Norby homered to left (373 feet).
	9th Inning	Smith relieved Gaddis
	9th Inning	Kwan grounded into fielder's choice to second, Halpin out at second.

Statistics

CLE		COL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	6
4	Strikeouts	9
4	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
17	Fly Balls	19
0	Caught Stealing	0
139	Pitches	128
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	14
37	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
2.8	Runs Created	3.4
.206	Batting Average	.206
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.294	Slugging Percentage	.412
.176	Secondary Average	.265
.270	On Base Percentage	.229
.564	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.640
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
2.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.4
26.0	Batter Rating	28.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.76	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.66
.088	Isolated Power	.206
0.75	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.11
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
-.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.059
8.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
77.0	MLB Rating	77.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0