Emmanuel Clase picked up his record-shattering 47th save as the Cleveland Guardians beat the visiting Cincinnati Reds 5-2 last night. This wasn’t his usual blow-away performance, as Clase loaded the bases in the ninth before finishing off the Reds with a fielder’s choice ground ball. Clase had shared the record with Jose Mesa of the… read more

The Cleveland Guardians clinched one of the top two spots in the American League playoffs with a 6-1 win over Cincinnati last night. That means Cleveland will avoid the dangerous wild card round, in which a great team could easily lose a best-of-three series. Tanner Bibee (12-8) pitched like an ace for seven innings, giving… read more

Andre Pallante dominated Cleveland Guardians hitters as the St. Louis Cardinals scored a 2-1 victory yesterday at Busch Stadium. Pallante (8-8) had a no-hitter until Myles Straw broke it up with a single in the sixth. Straw stole second and third base before scoring on a beautiful squeeze bunt by Austin Hedges to give the… read more

Magic numbers can do magical things, like allowing the losing team to celebrate after the game. The Cleveland Guardians clinched the AL Central Division championship on Saturday when the Kansas City Royals lost their sixth straight game. That means the Guardians didn’t have to win, and they didn’t. They put up a good fight in… read more

The Cleveland Guardians kept their foot on the gas after clinching a playoff spot on Thursday afternoon. They rolled into St. Louis and beat the Cardinals 5-1 on Friday night. Ben Lively (13-9) pitched the first five innings and gave up just three hits and one run. Pedro Avila got the next five outs, and… read more

Baseball pundits did not predict the Cleveland Guardians to win the AL Central Division this year. When ace pitcher Shane Bieber suffered a season-ending injury in April, the team seemed destined for disappointment. Nobody told that to the Guardians players and manager Stephen Vogt, who doused each other in champagne yesterday afternoon after clinching a… read more

Josh Naylor didn’t win the game for the Cleveland Guardians last night, but they couldn’t have made it to extra innings without him. Naylor’s two solo home runs punched Cleveland’s ticket to the 10th inning, where the Guardians beat the Minnesota Twins 5-4 at Progressive Field. FEEL THE BREEZE Naylor seemed to be the only… read more

After a demoralizing loss that derailed their championship hopes, the Minnesota Twins rebounded to defeat the Cleveland Guardians 4-1 last night. Gavin Williams started for the Guardians, while Zebby Matthews took the hill for the Twins. Both came into the game with high ERAs, but the game was not a slugfest. Twins left fielder Matt… read more

The Minnesota Twins came to Cleveland with a tall task ahead of them: win all four games. That was the only way to get back into the race for the AL Central Division title and keep the wolves at bay in the wild-card race. However, the Guardians rebounded from a 3-0 deficit to beat the… read more

The Cleveland Guardians bounced back from a 14-inning scoring drought and two losses with two strong pitching performances and two wins. Ben Lively pitched five innings of shutout ball to lead Cleveland to a 2-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday afternoon. Don’t look now, but Cleveland has another powerful weapon the bullpen…. read more