Athletics at Cleveland Guardians

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Athletics

61-95, 32-49 Away

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Cleveland Guardians

81-75, 41-40 Home

Gavin Williams dominates with 7 shutout frames as Guardians edge Athletics to stay atop AL Central

Athletics vs. Cleveland Guardians: Game Highlights

Steven Kwan added three hits for Cleveland, which posted its seventh series sweep of the season and third at home.

The Guardians (81-75) are one game in front of the Chicago White Sox, who defeated Detroit 8-1. They finish the season on the road with series against Boston and Kansas City.

Williams (14-8) gave up three hits and struck out nine to move into the American League lead with 244 strikeouts. Toronto’s Dylan Cease is in second with 239. It is the 13th time in 31 starts this season that the right-hander has had at least nine strikeouts.

Cade Smith worked 1 1/3 innings for his 39th save in 44 opportunities.

The Athletics were swept for the second straight series and lost all six games on their road trip.

José Ramírez led off the fourth with a double down the right-field line, advanced to third on Chase DeLauter's fly out to left and scored on Jo Adell's infield single. Pitcher Jack Perkins (3-12) fielded the soft grounder on the grass in front of the mound, but his throw hit Adell in the back as he was in the basepath.

Athletics manager Mark Kotsay was ejected for the third time this season for agruing the call.

Perkins went six innings and allowed one run on four hits.

The Athletics' best chance came in the eighth inning when they had runners on second and third with one out. Hunter Gaddis struck out pinch-hitter Carlos Cortes and Smith whiffed Henry Bolte.

Up next Athletics: Return home to face the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday. LHP Brady Brasso (1-3, 4.50 ERA) will take the mound.

Guardians: LHP Parker Messic (12-9, 2.57 ERA) goes on Tuesday to start a three-game series at Boston.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Walton struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Gelof reached on infield single to third.
	9th Inning	Butler grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Langeliers struck out looking.
	8th Inning	Adell popped out to third.
	8th Inning	DeLauter intentionally walked.

Statistics

ATH		CLE
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	9
13	Strikeouts	7
0	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
1	Doubles	1
6	Fly Balls	14
1	Caught Stealing	0
123	Pitches	111
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	8
32	Plate Appearances	31
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
0.8	Runs Created	1.8
.194	Batting Average	.233
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.226	Slugging Percentage	.267
.032	Secondary Average	.100
.219	On Base Percentage	.258
.445	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.525
2.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
0.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.0
8.0	Batter Rating	14.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.84	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.58
.032	Isolated Power	.033
0.08	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.14
.031	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.032
-.161	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.133
0.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
62.5	MLB Rating	69.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0