HOUSTON (AP) \u2014 Rookie Travis Bazzana set career highs with four hits, two homers, five RBIs and three runs scored Saturday night, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Houston Astros 8-1.<\/p>\n
Kyle Manzardo hit a two-run homer in the third inning to break a 1-1 tie, and tacked on an RBI single in the seventh.<\/p>\n
Bazzana took Spencer Arrighetti deep on the first pitch of the game for his second leadoff homer, singled in the third inning and then hit a three-run homer off Arrighetti in the fifth. Bazzana added an RBI single in the seventh.<\/p>\n
The first overall pick in the 2024 draft, who made his Major League debut April 28, is the second Guardians\u2019 rookie to record a four-hit game and a two-homer game this season. Chase DeLauter hit two home runs at Seattle on March 26 and had four hits against the Athletics on May 1.<\/p>\n
Patrick Bailey added three hits and two runs scored for the Guardians.<\/p>\n
Joey Cantillo (6-3) pitched a career-high tying eight innings and allowed one run and four hits while matching a season high with nine strikeouts. The 26-year-old left-hander gave up one hit after the second inning.<\/p>\n
Arrighetti (7-3) allowed a season-high six runs and six hits over six innings with eight strikeouts. He has a 6.95 ERA over his last four starts after posting a 1.34 ERA in his first eight starts this season.<\/p>\n
Houston\u2019s Yordan Alvarez went 0 for 3 and his on-base streak ended at 25 games.
\nUp next<\/p>\n
Astros RHP Kai-Wei Teng (3-6, 4.31 ERA) faces Guardians RHP Slade Cecconi (3-5, 4.60) when the series concludes on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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