The Guardians have lost four straight, their longest losing streak of the season.
, who graduated from nearby Grapevine High, hit a two-run homer in the eighth to give the Guardians a 5-2 lead.
Semien’s homer nicked off Kwan’s glove in the left-field corner before Kwan made contact with the wall. allowed two runs on five hits in six innings. He struck out six, walked one, took a ball off a foot and was nearly struck in the head by a liner from Seager in the fifth inning. The ball grazed the top of Bibee’s glove as he attempted to field.
Texas’ Martín Pérez pitched five innings and gave up three runs, all in the first two innings. It was an improvement over his previous outing – six runs allowed in 1 1/3 innings against Houston on July 3.The last Cleveland game featuring homers to start each half of the first inning was played on Sept. 14, 2015, at Kansas City. They were hit by Jason Kipnis and the Royals’ Alex Gordon.
For Texas, it previously happened on Aug. 1, 2001, at Yankee Stadium with the Rangers’ Michael Young and Chuck Knoblauch for New York.The left-handed hitting Kwan went 4 for 5, all against left-handed pitching. He’s hitting .315 against lefties this season, .251 against righties.Guardians: Regarding RHP Shane Bieber , “It definitely looks like it’s a non-surgical way to go,” Francona said after Bieber was examined Sunday by Rangers physician Keith Meister. Bieber won’t throw for two weeks.
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