Athletics at Cleveland Guardians

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Athletics

61-94, 32-48 Away

Final
6 - 12

Cleveland Guardians

80-75, 40-40 Home

Martínez homers from both sides of the plate as Guardians beat Athletics to stay atop AL Central

Athletics vs. Cleveland Guardians: Game Highlights

It is the second time this month a Guardians' hitter has homered from both sides of the plate. Brayan Rocchio did it on Sept. 4 against Detroit.

Martínez, who also drove in four runs, had a two-run homer during a five-run first inning and a solo shot in the fourth as the Guardians won their fourth straight. Cleveland (80-75) has a one-game lead over the Chicago White Sox, who defeated Detroit 3-1.

The Guardians also scored five runs in the third on the strength of four doubles, including David Fry's two-run line drive.

Cleveland had five players with at least two hits. Slade Cecconi (5-7) worked the last two innings to get the win.

Donovan Walton had three hits, including a two-run homer in the fifth, and drove in four runs for the Athletics.

Athletics starter Jacob Lopez (6-5) allowed 10 runs and 10 hits in 2 2/3 innings.

Cleveland starter Tanner Bibee went 4 2/3 innings and gave up six runs on 12 hits.

Up next Cleveland sends RHP Gavin Williams (13-8, 3.78 ERA) to the mound in its last regular-season home game. RHP Jack Perkins (3-11, 6.14) will go for the Athletics.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Gelof struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Butler grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Langeliers grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Martínez in right field.
	9th Inning	Halpin in center field.
	9th Inning	Kwan in left field.

Statistics

ATH		CLE
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
18	Ground Balls	15
4	Strikeouts	5
6	Runs Batted In	12
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	15
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	12
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	40
1	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	4
16	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
165	Pitches	128
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
18	Total Bases	28
41	Plate Appearances	41
162.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
4	Extra Base Hits	7
6.4	Runs Created	9.9
.316	Batting Average	.375
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.474	Slugging Percentage	.700
.263	Secondary Average	.350
.366	On Base Percentage	.390
.840	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.090
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
6.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	10.7
46.0	Batter Rating	80.0
38.0	At Bats Per Home Run	13.3
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.02	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.12
.158	Isolated Power	.325
0.75	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.073	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.024
-.053	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.025
12.0	Runs Produced	24.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
94.5	MLB Rating	118.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0