Zack Littell allowed simply two hits over six scoreless innings, Logan Driscoll clubbed his first profession dwelling run and Jonathan Aranda additionally went deep because the visiting Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-1 on Friday evening.
Littell (7-9) yielded solely a first-inning double to Jose Ramirez and a triple to Jhonkensy Noel within the second. The proper-hander, who did not quit a run in 5 innings on Sunday at Baltimore, additionally struck out 5 with no stroll to increase his scoreless-inning streak to 13 for the Rays (73-75), who’ve received the primary two of this four-game set after dropping all three video games at Philadelphia earlier this week.
Cleveland’s Tanner Bibee (11-8) allowed all three runs on these two Tampa Bay homers, ending with eight hit allowed whereas fanning 9 in six innings. David Fry’s RBI double, which hit the highest of the 19-foot-high left-field wall within the eighth inning, offered the one scoring for the AL Central-leading Guardians (84-64), who’ve totaled three runs and 9 hits by way of the primary two video games of this set.
Tampa Bay opened the scoring within the third when it started the body with 4 consecutive hits towards Bibee. After Jose Siri simply missed clearing the center-field wall for a leadoff triple, Driscoll despatched a no-doubt shot into the right-field seats for his milestone dwelling run and a 2-0 Rays lead.
Rays teammate Christopher Morel flipped a single to proper later within the inning, then instantly exited with proper Achilles discomfort, in line with the crew.
An inning later, Aranda smacked a Bibee pitch into the entrance row of these right-field seats for a 3-0 Tampa Bay edge.
Rays relievers Kevin Kelly, Mason Montgomery and Edwin Uceta (three saves), who pitched 1 2/3 innings, mixed to yield two hits and the one Cleveland run.
Siri had two hits for Tampa Bay, which clinched the season sequence towards the Guardians by enhancing to 4-1 towards them in 2024.
Noel, in the meantime, recorded half of Cleveland’s 4 hits.
–Area Stage Media
