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04/19 15:29 CDT Jos Ramrez hits 2 homers, Brayan Rocchio drives in 3 as
Guardians beat Orioles 8-4 to win series
Jos Ramrez hits 2 homers, Brayan Rocchio drives in 3 as Guardians beat
Orioles 8-4 to win series
By BRIAN DULIK
Associated Press
CLEVELAND (AP) --- Jos Ramrez homered twice, Brayan Rocchio had three hits
and three RBIs, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Orioles 8-4 on Sunday to
take three of four from Baltimore.
Ramrez went deep in the fourth and fifth innings off Trevor Rogers (2-2),
increasing his franchise record for multi-homer games to 28. He also moved past
Earl Averill into second place in Cleveland history with 138 home runs at home.
Juan Brito hit a two-run double and Rocchio had an RBI single in the fourth as
the Guardians scored four times to make it 5-0. Rocchio singled home Rhys
Hoskins and David Fry in the eighth against Cameron Foster.
Taylor Ward hit his first homer as an Oriole, a three-run shot in the fifth,
and Dylan Beavers drove in a run with a grounder for Baltimore, which has lost
five of six. Ward, who hit 36 homers for the Los Angeles Angels last season,
reached base for the 20th time in his last 21 games and has 11 RBIs during the
span.
Matt Festa (1-0) retired the final batter in the fifth with the bases loaded.
Rule 5 Draft selection Peyton Pallette followed with two perfect innings.
The Guardians are 38-21 against the Orioles since 2017. Baltimore has not won a
season series against Cleveland since 2016.
Ramrez is batting .342 with five homers in his last 11 games.
Rogers allowed a season-high six runs, five earned, in five innings. Guardians
starter Joey Cantillo worked 4 2/3 innings, giving up four runs, three earned.
Cleveland catcher Austin Hedges won both of his challenges in the first two
innings.
Up next
Orioles: RHP Kyle Bradish (1-2, 5.49 ERA) pitches Monday at Kansas City.
Guardians: RHP Slade Cecconi (0-2, 5.03) starts Monday against Houston.
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