A pitcher’s duel between Zach Plesac and Clayton Kershaw descended into a battle of bullpens, with the Cleveland Guardians prevailing over the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-1, in extra innings Friday night.
Richie Palacios delivered the go-ahead run in the tenth inning, scoring Owen Miller from third on a sac fly. With Emmanuel Clase unavailable after pitching each game of the three-game series against the Rockies, manager Terry Francona turned to Enyel De Los Santos to close out the bottom of the tenth. He was able to get it done, striking out Justin Turner to end the game.
Cleveland starting pitcher Zach Plesac was excellent, giving up five hits and two walks over six innings but only allowing one earned run, a solo home run by Cody Bellinger in the second inning.