If you’re keeping score, Cleveland is 2-0 in extra innings and 2-0 in games decided by one run through the first five games of the season.
Take all that, roll it into a ball, and it means one thing -- the Guardians are a hard team to discourage.On Sunday they trailed Seattle through five innings, 5-4. Except for Mike Zunino’s three-run homer in the second, the Guards hadn’t done much on offense.
Trevor Stephan, with closer Emmanuel Clase unavailable, retired the Mariners in order in the ninth for the save.the A’s 6-2 after two innings and 8-5 after five. They took a 10-8 lead in the eighth only to see Clase allow a two-run, two-out homer in the ninth to Seth Brown that sent the game into extra innings at 10-10.
The Guardians pulled to within one run of the A’s in the fourth at 6-5 when they scored three runs. Naylor hit a leadoff homer and Myles Straw, 2 for 3 with two stolen bases, doubled home two runs.“This is crazy. It’s huge,” said starter Zach Plesac, who allowed six runs in one inning, but was bailed out by his teammates. “It’s so fun to watch. It’s always next man up. That’s the whole mentality. It doesn’t matter who it is, everyone is ready to step up.
“He’s a legend,” said Brennan when asked about Ramirez. “He’s our vet, he’s our guy. He’s the reason why he gets paid all the money. Straw singled to start the eighth. He stole second, went to third on Kwan’s single and scored on Rosario’s sacrifice fly.
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