Josh Bell homered to assist the Cleveland Guardians beat the visiting Oakland Athletics 6-1 on Thursday afternoon and earn a sweep of the three-game sequence

Myles Straw had two hits and an RBI for the Guardians, who’ve gained 4 in a row total

Cleveland starter Logan Allen blanked the A’s throughout his 4 innings on the mound. He allowed two hits, struck out 5 and walked three.

Nick Sandlin (3-3) threw two innings of scoreless reduction, adopted by two extra from Enyel De Los Santos. Eli Morgan pitched an ideal ninth.

Oakland starter JP Sears (1-5) went seven innings for the second straight outing. He allowed two runs and 4 hits, hanging out eight and strolling one on 106 pitches.

The A’s have misplaced eight in a row following a seven-game successful streak.

Sandlin changed Allen to start out the fifth and walked Tony Kemp, who then went from first to 3rd on a groundout to shortstop by Esteury Ruiz. Aledmys Diaz adopted with a sacrifice fly to provide Oakland a 1-0 lead.

That lead was short-lived as Bell pulled a solo residence run deep down the left-field line with one out within the backside half of the inning. It tied the rating 1-1 and gave him 500 RBIs in his MLB profession.

Andres Gimenez adopted with a single, stole second and got here residence when Straw fouled off three two-strike pitches earlier than tripling excessive off the wall in left for a 2-1 lead.

Gabriel Arias walked to start out the eighth for Cleveland and Straw singled to place runners on the corners.

Yacksel Rios threw a wild pitch to Cam Gallagher on ball 4 to attain a run and make it 3-1. After one other single loaded the bases, Amed Rosario and Jose Ramirez had back-to-back walks to drive in two extra runs and stretch the result in 5-1.

One other wild pitch by Rios made it 6-1.

–Area Degree Media