Rays beat Guardians 7-3 to tie the ALCS 2-2
CLEVELAND — The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-3 in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series on Saturday at Progressive Field, tying the series 2-2. Tampa Bay finished with 11 hits and no errors, while Cleveland finished with eight hits and two errors.
Cleveland scored first in the bottom of the first, when Steven Kwan scored on a single by Chase DeLauter. Tampa Bay tied the game 1-1 in the top of the third, when Yandy Díaz scored on a single by Jonathan Aranda. Neither team scored in the second, fourth or fifth inning.
Tampa Bay took the lead in the top of the sixth. Junior Caminero doubled, Aranda scored, and Chandler Simpson moved to third, making the score 2-1. The Rays added three runs in the top of the seventh. Aranda singled, Richie Palacios and Taylor Walls scored, and Aranda moved to third on a fielding error by DeLauter. Simpson then hit a sacrifice fly, Aranda scored, and the score was 5-1.
Cleveland scored twice in the bottom of the seventh. Travis Bazzana homered to make it 5-2, and Brayan Rocchio singled, Patrick Bailey scored, and Angel Martínez moved to second, making it 5-3. Tampa Bay added the final two runs in the top of the ninth, when Díaz homered and Palacios scored. In the bottom of the ninth, Bailey grounded into a double play and Martínez struck out swinging to end the game.
Nick Martinez was the winning pitcher, with a line of 5.1 innings, two hits, one run, one earned run, two walks and three strikeouts. Daniel Espino was the losing pitcher, with a line of 0.1 innings, one hit, one run, one earned run, two walks and one strikeout. No save was listed. Aranda finished with three hits, two runs scored and two RBI in four at-bats for Tampa Bay, and Díaz finished with two hits, two runs scored, two RBI and a home run in five at-bats. Bazzana finished with two hits, one run scored, one RBI and a home run in three at-bats for Cleveland.
Game 5 is scheduled for Sunday, October 18, with the Rays at the Guardians at Progressive Field at 3:08 p.m. Mountain Time, 5:08 p.m. Eastern.
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