CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Guardians triumphed over the San Francisco Giants with a 5-2 victory on Thursday, marking their first home series win in seven weeks. Gavin Williams delivered an impressive performance, striking out 11 batters across 5 2/3 innings. José Ramírez contributed to the early lead with an RBI single during a three-run first inning, setting the tone for the game.
The Guardians hadn’t won a series at Progressive Field since June 26-28 against Seattle. They are 11-20 overall since the All-Star break. Williams fell one strikeout short of his career high, but moved into a tie for the AL lead in the category with Toronto’s Dylan Cease at 201. Cade Smith worked a scoreless ninth for his 32nd save in 37 opportunities as Cleveland won two of three in the interleague set.
Ramírez’s single was the 1,751st hit of his career, tying Charlie Jamieson for fifth place in franchise history. Willy Adames hit a two-run homer in the fourth — the 200th of his career — to pull San Francisco within 3-2. It also was Adames’ 20th of the year, making him the sixth shortstop in MLB history to have six straight 20-homer seasons. The Giants dropped their eighth consecutive road series and set their low-water mark of 23 games below .500. Cleveland outfielders Jo Adell and Chase DeLauter were not in the lineup, but Adell went 0-for-2 after entering as the designated hitter in the sixth.
Former Giants catcher Patrick Bailey and Nathaniel Lowe also drove in runs in the inning against Landen Roupp , who lost his fifth straight start. Steven Kwan and Brayan Rocchio added RBI singles in the sixth and eighth, respectively, for the Guardians. Giants: RHP Logan Webb starts Friday at Boston. Guardians: LHP Joey Cantillo pitches Friday at Colorado. See ’s full MLB coverage here This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
