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The Guardians and Royals are vying for position in the AL wild card race. Here's what happened when the teams met for the third time in as many days.
Pasquantino made sure to do his part with a two-run homer. But Guardians right fielder C.J. Kayfus countered with a go-ahead, two-run homer of his own, off Royals reliever John Schreiber in the eighth inning.
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Ramirez came a triple shy of the cycle in guiding the Guardians (74-70) to their fifth consecutive win. The Royals (73-72) fell further behind in the American League Wild Card standings. KC dropped another half-game behind the Seattle Mariners (76-68) and is now further behind the Guardians and Texas Rangers (75-70).
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The Guardians scored their first run on a Jose RBI groundout after Kwan doubled to lead off the 4th (and break up Kolek’s perfecto). Then, silence. Nothing really happened until the 8th, when C.J. Kayfus rocketed a Schreiber fastball 425’ to dead center.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Guardians manager Stephen Vogt believes the key to defeating an opposing bullpen game is to disrupt the rotation of pitchers. To do that, it’s necessary to work over one of the pitchers.