CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Guardians (59-37) and San Diego Padres (50-50) are set to play again in front of another packed house Saturday.
In Friday's series opener, the first game after the MLB All-Star break, the Guardians broke open a tight game late to beat the Padres 7-0 and maintain their ownership of the American League's best record.
Here's how Saturday night's game unfolded.
The Padres topped the Guardians 7-0 Saturday night one evening after the Guards beat the Pads 7-0.
San Diego's pitching was excellent Saturday as the Padres improved to 51-50. Dylan Cease pitched seven shutout innings, struck out 10 and limited the Guardians (59-38) to one hit and one walk. Jeremiah Estrada pitched a scoreless eighth and Yuki Matsui pitched a scoreless ninth.
"He had everything going tonight, 96 [mph], 99 [mph on his fastball], top of the zone, bottom of the zone, slider, curveball, hitting corners," Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said of Cease. "... He was somekind of special tonight and it showed. We had a hard time getting anything going. He just dominated us tonight."
Vogt said Guardians starter Gavin Williams "struggled."
"He battled, but the fastball command wasn't there," Vogt said. "He was trying to figure out how to land off-speed [pitches] and got himself into some tough counts."
The Padres scored four runs in the eighth inning off of Guardians reliever Spencer Howard to make it 7-0. David Peralta hit a solo home run, Luis Campusano singled in Ha-Seong Kim and Jake Cronenworth hit a two-run home run that also scored Campusano.
Dylan Cease pitched seven shutout innings and struck out 10. He allowed one hit and one walk.
Padres starter Dylan Cease has limited the Guardians to one hit and one walk in six shutout innings. Cease has nine strikeouts and thrown 81 pitches (53 strikes).
The Padres lead the Guardians 3-0 entering the seventh inning.
The Padres broke through against Gavin Williams with three runs in the top of the fourth.
With one out, Jackson Merrill doubled to left, David Peralta walked, Ha-Seong Kim singled to center, Luis Campusano singled to left to score Merrill and Luis Arraez walked to bring in Peralta.
Williams struck out Jurickson Profar and then hit Jake Cronenworth with a pitch to force in Kim.
Guardians manager Stephen Vogt lifted Williams from the game and called on Pedro Avila to face Manny Machado with two outs and the bases loaded. Avila struck out Machado.
Guardians center fielder Tyler Freeman hit a triple to left-center field with one out in the third, but was stranded after Padres starter Dylan Cease struck out Bo Naylor and got Steven Kwan to fly out to left fielder Jurickson Profar. Cease struck out Daniel Schneemann to begin the third inning.
Luis Arraez singled to open the top of the third, but didn't advance as Williams retired the side.
The Padres have two hits and the Guardians have no hits through two innings.
Guardians starter Gavin Williams hit Jurickson Profar with a pitch in the the first inning, and allowed singles to Xander Bogaerts and David Peralta in the second inning. Williams has three strikeouts, punching out Jake Cronenworth and Manny Machado in the first and Jackson Merrill in the second.
The Guardians defense helped Williams get out of a first-and-third situation with one out in the second. Bogaerts was tagged out by Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez during a rundown that included throws by Williams and catcher Bo Naylor, and shortstop Daniel Schneemann made a diving stop and flipped the ball to second baseman Andres Gimenez to force out Ha-Seong Kim.
Padres starter Dylan Cease also has three strikeouts against Angel Martinez, Josh Naylor and David Fry.
The Guardians and Padres are scheduled to start at 7:10 p.m. ET.
The game will be televised on Bally Sports Great Lakes. It'll be broadcast on the radio by WTAM (1100-AM) and WMMS (100.7-FM).
- 4 Luis Arraez 1B
- 10 Jurickson Profar LF
- 9 Jake Cronenworth DH
- 13 Manny Machado 3B
- 2 Xander Bogaerts 2B
- 3 Jackson Merrill CF
- 24 David Peralta RF
- 7 Ha-Seong Kim SS
- 12 Luis Campusano C
- SP 84 Dylan Cease
- 38 Steven Kwan LF
- 1 Angel Martinez RF
- 11 Jose Ramirez 3B
- 22 Josh Naylor 1B
- 6 David Fry DH
- 0 Andres Gimenez 2B
- 10 Daniel Schneemann SS
- 2 Tyler Freeman CF
- 23 Bo Naylor C
- SP 32 Gavin Williams
Right-handers Gavin Williams and Dylan Cease are expected to start today for the Guardians and Padres, respectively. Williams is 0-1 with a 3.77 ERA as he makes his fourth start of the season since coming back from an injury. He has nine strikeouts in 14.1 innings. Cease is making his 21st start in his first season with the Padres after starring with the White Sox. He enters with an 8-8 record and 3.99 ERA with 149 strikeouts in 115 innings.
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The Guardians took Travis Bazzana with the first overall selection in the MLB Draft. The former Oregon State star from Australia visited Progressive Field on Friday and took in batting practice ahead of the game.
The Guardians open the second half with a seven-game homestand that includes three games against the San Diego Padres and four against the Detroit Tigers.
The Guardians sold out both Friday's and Saturday's games, which will bring their total to 11 sellouts this season, the most since they had 13 in 2017.
This article originally appeared on The Repository: Cleveland Guardians vs. San Diego Padres score recap; Dylan Cease leads Padres to win
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