Cleveland Guardians at Los Angeles Angels

· Major League Baseball

Cleveland Guardians

66-66, 35-32 Away

Final
4 - 2

Los Angeles Angels

52-80, 29-37 Home

Messick throws 6 strong innings and Hedges hits 2-run homer as Guardians beat Angels 4-2

Cleveland Guardians vs. Los Angeles Angels: Game Highlights

Jo Adell hit a go-ahead single for the Guardians against his former team. Messick (10-8) gave up three hits, struck out four and walked one while extending to nine his string of consecutive starts with two or fewer runs allowed.

Through 26 starts, the rookie left-hander has a 2.50 ERA with 156 strikeouts in 155 innings.

Colin Holderman struck out three of four batters in the seventh. Hunter Gaddis tossed a scoreless eighth and Cade Smith gave up a run in the ninth before earning his 34th save.

Cleveland won its fifth straight and pulled within 2 1/2 games of the first-place Chicago White Sox in the AL Central.

Angels rookie George Klassen (2-2) gave up three runs — two earned — and six hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Adell, acquired from the Angels on Aug. 3, snapped a 1-all tie with a two-out single in the fifth — his 13th RBI in six games. Hedges made it 4-1 with a two-out homer off reliever Blake Weiman in the sixth.

The Angels pulled to 4-2 on Gustavo Campero's sacrifice fly in the ninth, but Christian Moore flied out to the left-center warning track with a runner on for the final out.

Messick retired his first nine batters before Zach Neto and Mike Trout opened the fourth with singles. Neto went to third on Trout’s hit, and Trout took second on the throw.

Trout was caught off the bag on Vaughn Grissom’s hard grounder to second but stayed in a rundown long enough for Grissom to reach second.

Moisés Ballesteros dunked an RBI single into center for a 1-all tie, advancing Grissom to third. Messick escaped further damage by striking out Jose Siri and getting Campero to pop out.

Cleveland took a 1-0 lead in the third when Steven Kwan and José Ramírez singled, Adell walked and Nathaniel Lowe hit a sacrifice fly.

Up next Guardians RHP Gavin Williams (12-7, 3.72 ERA) will oppose Angels RHP Walbert Ureña on Tuesday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Moore flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Campero hit sacrifice fly to center, Grissom scored.
	9th Inning	Lowe singled to center, Grissom to third.
	9th Inning	Ballesteros struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Grissom hit by pitch.
	9th Inning	Smith relieved Gaddis

Statistics

CLE		LAA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
12	Ground Balls	12
5	Strikeouts	8
4	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
33	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
17	Fly Balls	12
2	Caught Stealing	0
140	Pitches	147
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	2
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
12	Total Bases	7
37	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
2.8	Runs Created	1.4
.242	Batting Average	.194
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.364	Slugging Percentage	.226
.152	Secondary Average	.097
.297	On Base Percentage	.235
.661	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.461
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
2.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.4
29.0	Batter Rating	17.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.78	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.32
.121	Isolated Power	.032
0.60	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.13
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
-.091	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.097
8.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
80.0	MLB Rating	68.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0