Guardians steal ALCS Game 1 vs Rays. Or maybe they're just that good?
Guardians storm back for Game 1 win on the road. Could this be Cleveland's year?
In the first game of the American League Championship Series, the Cleveland Guardians pulled off a surprising 7-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. Jose Ramírez, rather than hitting a towering home run, contributed to the win with an infield dribbler in the eighth inning that set the stage for the final three runs. Nathaniel Lowe and Chase DeLauter added to the Guardians' scoring, with DeLauter hitting an opposite-field homer and Ramírez tying the game with an RBI single.
The Rays' ace, Drew Rasmussen, kept them in the game with a shutout until the sixth inning, when Tampa Bay took the lead on Patrick Bailey's homer. But the Guardians' bullpen responded, holding the Rays to one run over the final eight innings, including two hits. The Guardians' offense, which was considered less potent than Tampa Bay's, proved to be more effective in the playoffs.
The offensive production from Ramírez, DeLauter, and the rest of the Guardians' lineup demonstrated that, if the pitchers stay in the game, they can quickly counterattack.
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