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08/30 15:59 CDT Jos Ramrez hits home run and 1,000th career single to help
Guardians route Royals 11-1
Jos Ramrez hits home run and 1,000th career single to help Guardians route
Royals 11-1
CLEVELAND (AP) --- Jos Ramrez homered, hit his 1,000th career single and
drove in four while Parker Messick struck out five and gave up one run in six
innings to lead the Cleveland Guardians past the Kansas City Royals 11-1 on
Sunday.
Cleveland (69-68) holds the third American League wild card.
Ramrez's RBI single in the sixth inning plated Jac Caglianone, helping him
become the 11th player in Cleveland history to achieve the feat. His two-run
home run in the fourth inning extended the Guardians' lead to 9-1 and was his
first at Progressive Field since May 17.
After a 30-minute weather delay, Ramrez opened the scoring with a sacrifice
fly that tied the game at 1 before Nathaniel Lowe sent his 15th homer of the
season over the left-center field wall for a 3-1 Cleveland lead.
Jo Adell hit a two-run double in the third, and Lowe added an RBI sacrifice fly.
Chase DeLauter finished 4 for 4, his third career four-hit game, which included
an RBI double in the fourth inning, and Adell capped the scoring with a one-run
single in the sixth to help the Guardians avoid a series sweep.
Messick (11-8) allowed five hits. Tim Herrin, Hunter Gaddis and Cade Smith
combined for two hits to close out the game.
Salvador Perez plated the Royals' run with an RBI single in the first. Kansas
City had won 12 of its previous 13 games before Sunday's loss.
Seth Lugo (6-8) gave up nine runs on nine hits in 3 2/3 innings for Kansas City.
Up next
Royals: RHP Randy Dobnak (2-2, 1.92 ERA) starts the series opener against the
Marlins on Tuesday.
Guardians: RHP Gavin Williams (12-7, 3.98) opens game one over the Blue Jays on
Tuesday.
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