Cleveland Guardians at Baltimore Orioles

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Cleveland Guardians

74-72, 38-33 Away

Final
9 - 5

Baltimore Orioles

70-76, 35-39 Home

Bazzana's 3-run homer, Rocchio's 2 RBIs lift Guardians past Orioles 9-5

Cleveland (74-72), which clinched the season series over the Orioles, holds the final AL wild card.

Jo Adell and Patrick Bailey each hit RBI singles before Bazzana extended the lead to 5-0 in the second inning with his 11th home run of the season, giving Cleveland a lead it never surrendered.

Petey Halpin tacked on a one-run single in the third before Baltimore clawed its way back, scoring five runs over the next two innings. José Ramírez scored on a fielder's choice in the seventh for the Guardians to add an insurance run, and Rocchio capped the scoring with a two-run single.

Tanner Bibee tossed 4 1/3 innings for Cleveland, surrendering five runs on six hits. He retired the first nine Orioles batters in order. Tim Herrin (3-4) earned the win with 1 1/3 hitless and scoreless innings — for a Guardians bullpen that combined for seven strikeouts.

Leody Taveras had his first hit since Aug. 29 — an RBI double — and he scored on a fielding error by Cleveland first baseman Nathaniel Lowe. Pete Alonso pulled the Orioles within a run with a two-run homer in the fifth, but that was all Baltimore mustered.

Brandon Young (9-4) tied his shortest outing of the year with 3 2/3 innings. He gave up a season-high six earned runs off eight hits, boasting a 3.71 ERA through 25 starts this year.

Orioles' shortstop Gunnar Henderson was pulled from the game in the eighth after fouling a ball off his shin.

Up next Guardians LHP Foster Griffin (15-3, 3.26 ERA) will start Wednesday’s series finale against Orioles RHP Shane Baz (5-15, 3-91).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Holliday struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Taveras struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Cowser walked, Encarnacion-Strand to second.
	9th Inning	Encarnacion-Strand hit by pitch.
	9th Inning	Beavers grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Smith relieved Gaddis

Statistics

CLE		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
15	Ground Balls	10
6	Strikeouts	8
8	Runs Batted In	5
2	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
23	Runners Left On Base	13
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	3
18	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
174	Pitches	136
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
18	Total Bases	12
45	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
7.7	Runs Created	3.4
.324	Batting Average	.182
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.486	Slugging Percentage	.364
.324	Secondary Average	.273
.419	On Base Percentage	.270
.905	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.634
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
7.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.4
54.5	Batter Rating	35.0
37.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.87	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.68
.162	Isolated Power	.182
0.83	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.111	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.081
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.091
17.0	Runs Produced	10.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
100.5	MLB Rating	79.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0