Cleveland, Ohio – Ben Lively and Jhonkensy Noel struck early and Jose Ramirez and Angel Martinez struck late while the Guardians survived twins and two rainy delays on Thursday at Progressive Field.
The quartet led the Guardians to a victory of 4-3 in 10 rounds on the progressive field in a match which was delayed by more than two hours by the rain. The victory gave the Guardians a 6-4 file on their longest house of the season.
After the Twins took an advance of 3-2 in the 10th on a sacrificial fly by Johan Bride, the Guardians struck for two points at the end of the 10th to win it. Ramirez rolled in the Steven Kwan automatic runner with a simple to equalize the score and the pinch of the Martinez pinching led to Ramirez with the winning race in one right.
Ramirez stole second to put himself in the score position. It was the 250th theft of his career, making him the only player in the history of the club with 250 interceptions and 250 (260) circuits.
The twins intentionally traveled Kyle Manzardo to face the striking Martinez. He finished the match with a change of 0-2 by Justin Topa (1-2) in the right field.
“They intentionally walked Manzardo because they might not think I was ready,” said Martinez. “But I was ready.”
Lively launched 5 2/3-sleeves aimlessly and Christmas struck a 450-foot circuit to put Cleveland to an advance at the start of 2-0.
The Guardians missed a chance to win him at the ninth when they only loaded the bases for Jhoan Duran to eliminate Bo Naylor and Kwan to end the threat.
The Guardians have had a 13-4 file against the Twins since the start of the 2024 season. It was the eighth time that they have beat fashion twins since 2022.
The Guardians gave Lively a quick 1-0 advance on the single two withdrawals from Manzardo in the first. The start of the twins Simeon Woods Richardson walked with only one. Arias took the second point on a field and scored on the simple of Manzardo in the center.
Manzardo has become pain for twins in less than two years in the big leagues. He beat them on Tuesday with a return circuit in the ninth, and entered the match on Thursday .435 (10 for 23) with three circuits and six points produced in eight career matches.
The guards’ advance increased with 2-0 category with the long Christmas circuit with a withdrawal from the fourth. The 450 -foot journey won three -quarters of the steps in the left field after leaving the Christmas bat at 115.3 MPH.
When asked what it was to hit a bullet so far, Christmas, nicknamed Big Christmas, said: “It seemed normal to me.”
The second Christmas circuit of the season (both came to this Homesand) came out of a change of 86 MPH on a 1-1 throw from Woods Richardson.
Lively launched trouble in the second and fourth innings.
In the second, Ty France chose and went to third row on the double of Brooks Lee to start the Channel. Harrison Bader sent a bouncer to Will Wilson in the third row, who threw Austin Hedges with him to erase France, who was in contact.
Lively put an end to the Channel by eliminating Kody Clemens and by ensuring that Christian Vazquez has on land to protect the advance 1-0.
In the fourth, France has doubled from the left wall. Kwan caught the ball as he left the wall and shot Arias in the second row. He appeared Arias labeled France before reaching the bag, but the referee of the second base Ben May called him in safety.
The Guardians were unable to challenge because they had lost a challenge in the second round when Daniel Schneemann was called for a second -class flight attempt.
Lively withdrew Lee on a fly ball on the left, but the Bader’s field moved France in third place. Lively ended the threat by putting Clemens on a fly ball in the center.
The Twins released the Guardians 13-6 in the match. At one point, they were sheltered 10-2.
“It just shows that singles don’t beat us,” said Lively. “I had some situations today where the guys were on the basis with one or no withdrawals. The only thing I thought, he’s not going to touch marble. ”
The twins, after a short period of rain of 17 minutes at the end of the sixth round, equaled the scoring with two points in the seventh. Jakob Junis, who relieved Lively with two outings in the sixth, abandoned a simple head to the seventh. Clemens went down on a fly ball to concentrate while Bader marked and went to second.
Bader’s Gamble has borne fruit while Vazquez has simple in the center to reduce the Guardians’ advance to 2-1. The Gaddis hunter relieved and met simple consecutive by Edouard Julien and Carlos Correa to bring Vazquez back to house with the liaison race. Gaddis walked over Trevor Larnach to load the bases and bring France to the plate.
France, 6 for 12 in the first three games in the series, aligned to the right to end the Channel.
The game was delayed for a second time at the top of the eighth. The Twins had two and two against Joey Cantillo. When the game resumed, Tim Herrin relieved Cantillo and walked Ryan Jeffers, pinch thread, to load the bases. He finished the Channel by obtaining Correa on a pop-up.
In the sixth, Schneemann stole Byron Buxton with additional bases with a large grip against the wall in the center. Schneemann and Noel hit the wall at the same time with Schneemann taking the catch.
“I couldn’t say if I hit the wall or if I hit Jhonkensy,” said Schneemann. “I just knew I was hitting something. I felt a little more padding, so I thought it was the wall. I didn’t want to hit Jhonkensy because he is a big man.”
How far have they collided?
“His glove was inside my glove,” said Schneemann. “If I didn’t catch him, he would have caught it.”
The delays lasted from 3 p.m. to 3:7 p.m. and 3:49 p.m. at 5:55 p.m., the two delays lasted 2 hours, 23 minutes – 17 for the first and 2:06 for the second.
Kolby Allard (1-0) launched the 10th for a victory despite having allowed a race. He was the sixth launcher manager Stephen Vogt used in the game.
“It was a huge performance by Kolby,” said Vogt. “He arrives with the Ghost Runner in second position and you assume that he will mark most often. But to stop him after that, it was a huge performance.”
As for Ramirez reaching level 250-250, Vogt said: “It is a testimony of the hard work that he has taken for a very long time and to be really, really good for a long period.”
Following
The Guardians open a series of three games against the Toronto at the Rogers Center on Friday evening. LHP Logan Allen (1-2, 4.21) will start for the guards, while Rhp Chris Bassitt (2-2, 2.62) begins for Toronto. The time of the game is at 7:07 p.m. Cleguardians.tv, WTAM / 1100 AM, WMMS 100.7 FM and the Guardians Radio Network will wear the game.
