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That’s More Like It: Cleveland Guardians Pound Texas Rangers 13-5

Cleveland’s offense needed a massive energy boost on offense, and the Guardians delivered a monster victory last night.

Jhonkensy Noel, Jose Ramirez, Josh Naylor, and Bo Naylor all homered in a 13-5 win over the Texas Rangers at Progressive Field.

The defending World Series champions, who are 60-70 this year, scored a run in the first. But Cleveland piled up 11 runs to make winner out of Ben Lively (11-8).

LIGHT THE FUSE

Josh Naylor tied the game with a run-scoring grounder in the first.

Steven Kwan, who had been struggling at the plate, hit a two-run single in the second. He scored on a single by Andres Gimenez to put Cleveland up 4-1.

Cleveland added four more runs in the third. Noel blasted a three-run, 405-foot blast to the home run porch in left field.

Before the inning ended, the Guardians loaded the bases and scored on a walk by Kwan.

Back-to-back homers by Ramirez (No. 33) and Josh Naylor (No. 28) gave Cleveland a 10-1 lead.

Texas scored twice in the seventh, but Bo Naylor hit his 10th homer of the season in the bottom of the inning to make the score 12-3.

Will Brennan completed the scoring for the Guardians with a single to score Lane Thomas in the eighth.

SUNDAY SHOWDOWN

Did Cleveland save any big hits for Sunday’s series finale? We’ll find out at 1:10 p.m. as Matthew Boyd seeks his first win for the Guardians. Cody Bradford (4-1) will start for Texas.

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