Cleveland Turned the Ninth Into Cushion

The Guardians beat the Angels 4-3 on August 26.

Cleveland waited until the ninth inning to finish the push. The Guardians trailed early, then used a two-run ninth to beat Los Angeles and add more room in the playoff race.

Steven Kwan tied it with a ground-rule double in the ninth. Travis Bazzana followed with the go-ahead sacrifice fly, giving Cleveland the lead after being down 3-0.

Hunter Gaddis earned the win, and Erik Sabrowski closed it with the save.

What It Means

The Guardians improve to 68-66. The Angels fall to 52-82.

BaseChaser lists Cleveland at 59.1% to make the playoffs and Los Angeles at 0.0%.

Cleveland sits with a little more cushion in the race after turning the ninth inning into the difference.

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