Rookie Steven Kwan hit his first homer of the season, Franmil Reyes added three hits and drove in a run to lead the Guardians to a 6-5 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday in Cleveland.
Kwan’s two-run homer made it 2-2 in the third inning and started an unanswerable six-run streak for the Guardians.
It’s all insane. It’s been a month of pure ecstasy for me, ”said Kwan, who ranks fifth in the American with a .328 batting average. I didn’t try to home run, so that was special. I will decorate this ball. It will be stunning.
Right-handed pitcher Aaron Civale (1-2) unleashed eight batters in five and two-third inning work. He allowed four runs and six hits. Emmanuel Clase was perfect in the ninth inning to make a fifth save on six occasions.
For the Blue Jays, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was hit. a two-run homer in the first inning and Alejandro Kirk soloed in the seventh. Bo Bichette had three hits. Zack Collins ’two-run double in the sixth set knocked Civale out of the game.
José Berrios (2-1) gave up six runs in four and two-thirds innings, his highest total this season. He hasn’t lost since Sept. 24, seven starts ago. The right-hander was the victim of eight hits and no one was hit.
Kwan was named American League Rookie of the Month for April for hitting .354 and driving 10 runs in 15 games.
Guardians third baseman José Ramírez, who leads major league baseball with 29 RBIs, hit a single in the seventh inning to end an 11-run drought without a hit.
That’s why the Blue Jays began a 9 -game series over 11 days on the road that will continue against the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays.
Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman (2-1) will face right-hander Shane Bieber (1-1) Friday night in Game 2 of the series.
Source: Radio-Canada