The Cleveland Guardians play the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday, April 19, at Progressive Field looking for their third win in the four-game series. The Guardians won 4-2 on April 18 to take a 2-1 lead in the series.
The Guardians also beat the Orioles 4-2 on Thursday, April 16, before the O’s came back to win 6-4 the next night.
The Guardians (12-10) lead the American League Central Division by a half-game over the Minnesota Twins (11-10) and Detroit Tigers (11-10) entering Sunday’s games.
Here’s is what you need to know before today’s first pitch:
When do the Guardians play today?
First pitch is scheduled for 1:40 p.m.
Where to watch the Guardians today
Today’s Guardians-Orioles game will be televised on Guardians TV.
Guardians lineup today vs. Orioles
Orioles lineup today vs. Guardians
Guardians vs. Orioles starting pitchers today
Left-hander Joey Cantillo (1-0, 2.61 ERA) gets the start for Cleveland on Sunday and Baltimore will counter with left-hander Trevor Rogers (2-1, 3.04 ERA).
American League Central Division standings
Saturday’s game: Gavin Williams, Brayan Rocchio power Guardians to win over Orioles
Brayan Rocchio hit a three-run homer and Gavin Williams pitched seven strong innings to lead the Cleveland Guardians to a 4-2 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Saturday, April 18.
Bo Naylor also homered for the Guardians, who won for just the second time in the past five games. Cleveland had just three hits.
Williams (3-1) struck out 11 and allowed one run, three hits and one walk. It was the second time this season and sixth time overall he has struck out 10 or more in a game.
Cade Smith struck out the side in the ninth for his fifth save.
Leody Taveras and Gunnar Henderson (two hits) hit solo homers for Baltimore, which had just four hits while losing for the fourth time in the past five games.
Dean Kremer (0-1) pitched six innings for the Orioles and gave up three runs and two hits. He struck out seven and walked two.
Baltimore’s Pete Alonso and Colin Cowser struck out in all four at-bats. Dylan Beavers fanned three times as 16 Orioles went down on strikes.
Taveras came up with one out in the fourth and drilled a 1-0 curveball from Williams over the fence to right for the game’s first run.
Meanwhile, Kremer tossed 4⅓ no-hit innings and his walk to Rhys Hoskins was followed by Daniel Schneemann’s line single to right. After Naylor struck out, Rocchio jumped on a 2-2 fastball from Kremer and deposited the ball over the fence in right to give the Guardians a 3-1 lead.
Williams picked up where he left off after the Taveras homer by retiring the final 11 batters he faced.
Hunter Gaddis replaced Williams and Henderson touched him up for a one-out solo shot to right in the eighth.
But Naylor got the run back leading off the bottom of the inning when he launched a 1-1 changeup from Albert Suarez into the bleachers in right.
Smith fanned Beavers, Cowser and Taveras while closing it out as Cleveland gained a 2-1 edge in a series that concludes Sunday.
— Field Level Media
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