There were plenty of doubts right up until the final out, but the Cleveland Guardians managed to edge the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-3, Friday night in yet another one-run game.
The Guardians limited all of their scoring to the fifth inning. Andrés Giménez was hit by a pitch to lead things off before Mike Zunino and Myles Straw contributed back-to-back singles to load the bases with no outs. Steven Kwan came to the plate and fell behind 1-2 before running the count full, taking the payoff pitch and lining an RBI single through the left side of the infield to give Cleveland a 1-0 lead.