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07/24 21:23 CDT Rays beat the Guardians 11-3 behind homers from Ryan Vilade and
Richie Palacios
Rays beat the Guardians 11-3 behind homers from Ryan Vilade and Richie Palacios
By ERIK ERLENDSSON
Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) --- Ryan Vilade and Richie Palacios hit home runs,
Nick Fortes had four hits, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians
11-3 on Friday night.
Shane McClanahan (9-6) allowed one run on two hits while striking out three and
walking a pair in five innings. He improved to 7-1 in nine home starts this
season. Chris Roycroft earned his first career save, allowing two runs on four
hits in three innings.
Fortes tied a career high in hits, drove in a pair of runs and scored twice as
he extended his hitting streak to five games, going 11 for 19 in that span.
Tampa Bay's Nos. 4-9 hitters finished a combined 13 for 26 with 10 RBIs in the
game.
Joey Cantillo (8-6) allowed five runs over 3 2/3 innings and Austin Hedges hit
a two-run home run in the ninth for the Guardians. Cleveland has dropped three
consecutive games.
Vilade hit his eighth home run of the season in the second to give Tampa Bay a
2-0 lead. Chase DeLauter and Brayan Rocchio doubled in the fourth to bring the
Guardians to within one.
Tampa Bay broke the game open in the fourth as the first six batters reached
base to stretch the lead to 5-1. Fortes came home on Junior Caminero's base hit
and an error at the plate by Hedges in the sixth to make it 6-1 before Fortes
finished his night at the plate with a double to bring in Ben Williamson in the
seventh.
Chandler Simpson hit a sacrifice fly and Palacios capped the scoring for the
Rays with a three-run home run in the eighth.
Up Next
Cleveland will send RHP Tanner Bibee (4-9, 3.86 ERA) to the mound on Saturday
against Tampa Bay RHP Nick Martinez (9-2, 2.59) for the second game of the
three-game series.
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