José Ramírez hits 2 homers, Brayan Rocchio drives in 3 as Guardians beat Orioles 8-4 to win series

CLEVELAND — José Ramírez homered twice, Brayan Rocchio had three hits and three RBIs, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Orioles 8-4 on Sunday to take three of 4 from Baltimore.

Ramírez went deep in the fourth and fifth innings off Trevor Rogers (2-2), growing his franchise file for multi-homer video games to 28. He additionally moved previous Earl Averill into second place in Cleveland historical past with 138 house runs at house.

Juan Brito hit a two-run double and Rocchio had an RBI single in the fourth as the Guardians scored 4 instances to make it 5-0. Rocchio singled house Rhys Hoskins and David Fry in the eighth towards Cameron Foster.

Taylor Ward hit his first homer as an Oriole, a three-run shot in the fifth, and Dylan Beavers drove in a run with a grounder for Baltimore, which has misplaced 5 of six. Ward, who hit 36 ​​homers for the Los Angeles Angels final season, reached base for the twentieth time in his final 21 video games and has 11 RBIs through the span.

Matt Festa (1-0) retired the ultimate batter in the fifth with the bases loaded. Rule 5 Draft choice Peyton Pallette adopted with two excellent innings.

The Guardians are 38-21 towards the Orioles since 2017. Baltimore has not received a season series towards Cleveland since 2016.

Ramírez is batting .342 with 5 homers in his final 11 video games.

Rogers allowed a season-high six runs, 5 earned, in 5 innings. Guardians starter Joey Cantillo labored 4 2/3 innings, giving up 4 runs, three earned.

Cleveland catcher Austin Hedges received each of his challenges in the primary two innings.

Up subsequent

Orioles: RHP Kyle Bradish (1-2, 5.49 ERA) pitches Monday at Kansas City.

Guardians: RHP Slade Cecconi (0-2, 5.03) begins Monday towards Houston.