It is now or never for the Cleveland Guardians, who welcome the Seattle Mariners in a series of three games from Friday.
Seattle has taken control of the final position of the American American League, having a three -game advance on the Kansas City Royals, an advantage of 4 1/2 on the Texas Rangers and a five -game advance on Cleveland.
The left-handed guy Logan Allen (7-10, 4.35 ERA) faces the right-hander of the Mariners George Kirby (8-6, 4.05 ERA) in the opener on Friday, while Cleveland hopes to rely on the momentum he won with consecutive victories on the rays of Tampa Bay.
“It will propel us forward and inject a lot of energy and confidence in this clubhouse,” said La Launcier Guardians Slade Cecconi. “Winning a series and a match against a very good enclosure of lifters like that, coming from behind means a lot.”
Kyle Manzardo chose at home the winning race of the match during the 10th round on Wednesday, a frame after Nolan Jones equalized the rays of Rays Fairbanks, while Cleveland won a 4-3 victory. It was Jones’ fourth circuit stroke in 298 at-bats this season.
“I couldn’t be happier for Nolan,” said Manzardo. “This one was for a long time to come, and I must imagine that there are not many things that felt better than that for him.”
Allen was shaken for a top of nine points in five rounds of a 10-0 defeat at Rangers on Saturday. He is on a sequence of victories in four stages, going from 0-1 with an MPM of 5.95 since he beat the Rockies of Colorado on July 29.
In three seasons in the majors, Allen opposed Seattle twice, winning the two departures with an MPM of 2.13 in 12 2/3 sleeves.
The navies finished Wednesday 4-2, winning two of their three games against athletics and San Diego Padres. The acquisition of the Diadline Commercial and the third goal player of the stars Eugenio Suarez had three three -point homes in the last two games.
The Receiver of the stars Cal Raleigh completed his 50th Home Run of the season at the opening of the San Diego series, but only had four strokes in the last seven games. “Big Dumper” Bat .148 during the period with three circuits and a basic percentage. 233.
Seattle plays its next nine on the road with visits to Cleveland, Tampa Bay and Atlanta. None of these teams won records.
“We just have to go there and try to play a good baseball,” said Suarez, who has a record of 104 career products. “It will not be the same because we do not have the fans in our favor, but we have to do the little things and try to win matches.”
Kirby took a non-decision on Saturday against athletics, abandoning a point in six rounds. It is 7-2 with an MPM of 3.20 in his last 10 outings, but these figures have been marred by a defeat of August 17 at the New York Mets where he granted seven points in 4 2/3 rounds.
The Guardians are one of the three AL teams that Kirby did not beat, going 0-1 with an MPM of 6.11 in four departures. He has an MPM of 2.00 in nine rounds in two games in Cleveland.
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