Josh Naylor delivered a clutch, three-run double in the seventh inning as the Guardians continued their best start in 25 years with a 6-2 win over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
delivered a clutch, three-run double in the seventh inning as the Guardians continued their best start in 25 years with a 6-2 win over theWith the Guardians up 3-2, Naylor, who celebrated a two-run homer on Saturday by bashing the top of his helmet with his bat before rounding the bases, fell behind 0-2 in the count before doubling with the bases loaded off left-hander“He’s something else right now,” said Guardians first-year manager Stephen Vogt.
The surprising Guardians have won four straight, seven of eight and improved the AL’s best record to 16-6. This is the club’s best start since Cleveland had the same mark through 22 games in 1999.“It just gives energy to the other guys, right?” Vogt said. “When he gets going you can’t help but smile and laugh and you get fired up with him. That's what he brings on top of being a great player and great teammate.Vogt joked that he's no longer watching when Naylor comes up big.
The way the Guardians are playing right now, there's little margin for error. A's manager Mark Kotsay bemoaned chances his team missed. “That's what really good teams do,” he said. “They capitalize on mistakes. From a hitting standpoint, you make mistakes and they end up taking advantage of it. They put the ball in play. They don’t strike out a ton. And that’s where we really battled today with getting ahead of guys and just not being able to finish.”, who is 0-10 over the last two seasons with Oakland and San Francisco.
Brennan, who hit a pinch-hit homer in Boston earlier this week, connected with one out in the second — just the 13th homer allowed by Oakland's staff this season. The A's gave up a team record 213 homers in 2023.Athletics: Oakland has nine players on the injured list. The A's have had at least eight players on the IL since June 16, 2023. flew to Cleveland after pitching three innings in Arizona on Saturday.
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