ATLANTA — Josh Naylor and Ramón Laureano RBI in the 11th inning and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Atlanta Braves 4-2 in the 11th inning on Saturday in a series that pits the two teams with the best records in the league against each other. Big leagues.
Scott Barlow (1-2) escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the 10th, retiring Chadwick Tromp and Jarred Kelenic for the win. Nick Sandlin threw a perfect 11th for his first save of the season.
Naylor finished 4-2, with an RBI, while Steve Kwan was 5-3.
Tanner Bibee pitched seven scoreless innings for Cleveland and gave up two hits to go along with nine strikeouts and no walks in his first start against Atlanta.
Bibee has pitched five or more innings allowing three. fewer runs in 27 of his first 31 career starts to join Matt Harvey as the only pitchers in MLB history to accomplish this feat.
For the Guardians, the Venezuelans Andrés Giménez 5-2, Gabriel Arias 4-0 with one scored. The Dominicans José Ramírez 4-1 with one run scored and one RBI, Laureano 0-0 with one RBI. Estevan Florial 4-0.
For the Braves, the Venezuelans Ronald Acuña Jr. 5-0, Orlando Arcia 4-1. Dominican Marcell Ozuna was 3-2 with one run scored.
