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10/12 22:22 CDT Chase DeLauter and Jos Ramrez lead the Guardians to a 7-3 win
over the Rays in Game 1 of ALCS
Chase DeLauter and Jos Ramrez lead the Guardians to a 7-3 win over the Rays
in Game 1 of ALCS
By ROB MAADDI
AP Sports Writer
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) --- Nathaniel Lowe hit a tiebreaking, two-run single
in the eighth inning, Chase DeLauter and Patrick Bailey hit solo homers off
Drew Rasmussen, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-3 in Game
1 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night.
Junior Caminero and Jonny DeLuca had RBI singles in the first off Foster
Griffin and Cedric Mullins hit a solo homer for the Rays, who never trailed in
a sweep of the New York Yankees in their AL Division Series.
Game 2 is Tuesday night at Tropicana Field. Rookie lefty Parker Messick starts
for Cleveland, and right-hander Freddy Peralta takes the mound for the Rays.
Five relievers combined for five innings of one-run, two-hit ball for the
Guardians, who became only the 11th team to overcome an 0-2 deficit in a
best-of-five playoff series with a victory over the Chicago White Sox on
Saturday night.
Cade Smith, who pitched in all five games against Chicago, tossed a perfect
ninth.
Rasmussen took a 2-0 lead into the sixth before DeLauter led off with an
opposite-field homer to left-center. Bailey started the seventh with a towering
shot to center that went an estimated 436 feet, ending Rasmussen's night.
Rasmussen took a no-hitter into the eighth in Game 1 of the ALDS against the
Yankees.
Jos Ramrez led off the eighth with an infield single off Tyler Wells, and
DeLauter ripped a double to right. After Wells retired Jo Adell on a grounder
to second, Ian Seymour entered. Lowe lined an 0-2 pitch up the middle to drive
in two, giving Cleveland a 4-2 lead.
Mullins connected off Erik Sabrowski in the bottom half.
Ramirez, whose two-run homer lifted Cleveland to a 2-0 win in Game 5 vs.
Chicago, provided an insurance run with an RBI single in the ninth off Cole
Sulser. He helped the Guardians get two more by breaking for third with two
outs and two strikes on Adell. Caminero ran to cover the bag and was out of
position when Adell hit a sharp grounder toward third. The ball rolled into
left field for a two-run double.
A crowd of 35,361 fans waved yellow rally towels and rang cowbells at Tropicana
Field in the Rays' third appearance in the ALCS in the franchise's 29
season-history.
They were fired up when the 98-win Rays jumped ahead 2-0 in the first and
Rasmussen battled to keep it there until the sixth.
Coming off that dominant performance against the Yankees, Rasmussen went
six-plus tough innings. The two-time All-Star right-hander, who was four outs
from a no-hitter in a 1-0 victory against New York, allowed a hit to the second
batter he faced and eight total, striking out seven.
Griffin allowed two runs and five hits in four innings.
The Rays allowed just 12 hits in three games against the Yankees but the
Guardians got 14 in the series opener, including three apiece from Ramrez and
DeLauter.
Glove work The Rays helped Rasmussen with outstanding defense. Nick Fortes threw out Ramirez trying to steal second in the first. Caminero made an excellent play to retire Adell on a hard bouncer to third. Caminero short-hopped the ball with his backhand and fired a strong throw to first. The Guardians had a runner on first with one out in the third when second baseman Ben Williamson robbed DeLauter of a hit that prevented a first-and-third jam. Williamson, who wasn't on the ALDS roster, made a diving grab on DeLauter's sharp grounder, got up and threw him out.
Stranded runners Rays slick-fielding shortstop Taylor Walls was 0 for 3 and left six runners on base. He struck out with the bases loaded to end the first, lined out with a runner on in the fourth and grounded out with runners on first and second to end the sixth.
Up next Messick took the loss in Game 1 of the AL Division Series, allowing two runs in 4 1/3 innings. He threw 2 1/3 innings in relief in a Game 4 victory, giving up two runs. Messick had 11 strikeouts in the two appearances. He was 12-9 with a 2.56 ERA in the regular season. Peralta allowed one run and three hits over 4 2/3 innings in Game 2 of the AL Division Series vs. the Yankees. He was 5-2 with a 3.25 ERA in 10 starts after joining Tampa Bay at the trade deadline. Peralta was 5-9 with a 4.99 ERA for the Mets this season. ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here
Glove work The Rays helped Rasmussen with outstanding defense. Nick Fortes threw out Ramirez trying to steal second in the first. Caminero made an excellent play to retire Adell on a hard bouncer to third. Caminero short-hopped the ball with his backhand and fired a strong throw to first. The Guardians had a runner on first with one out in the third when second baseman Ben Williamson robbed DeLauter of a hit that prevented a first-and-third jam. Williamson, who wasn't on the ALDS roster, made a diving grab on DeLauter's sharp grounder, got up and threw him out.
Stranded runners Rays slick-fielding shortstop Taylor Walls was 0 for 3 and left six runners on base. He struck out with the bases loaded to end the first, lined out with a runner on in the fourth and grounded out with runners on first and second to end the sixth.
Up next Messick took the loss in Game 1 of the AL Division Series, allowing two runs in 4 1/3 innings. He threw 2 1/3 innings in relief in a Game 4 victory, giving up two runs. Messick had 11 strikeouts in the two appearances. He was 12-9 with a 2.56 ERA in the regular season. Peralta allowed one run and three hits over 4 2/3 innings in Game 2 of the AL Division Series vs. the Yankees. He was 5-2 with a 3.25 ERA in 10 starts after joining Tampa Bay at the trade deadline. Peralta was 5-9 with a 4.99 ERA for the Mets this season. ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here
