Baltimore Pushed Cleveland Back to the Line

The Orioles beat the Guardians 6-4 on September 7.

Cleveland lost cushion in the middle of the playoff race, falling to 50.0% on the BaseChaser board.

Coby Mayo gave Baltimore the power swing, going 2-for-5 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI. His second homer came in the sixth, stretching Baltimore's lead after the Orioles had already built pressure early.

Trevor Rogers gave Baltimore 7 1/3 innings, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts and 0 walks.

Nathaniel Lowe hit a 3-run homer in the ninth for Cleveland, but Josh Walker closed it with the save.

What It Means

The Orioles improve to 70-75. The Guardians fall to 73-72.

BaseChaser lists Cleveland at 50.0% to make the playoffs and Baltimore at 7.1%.

Cleveland is right on the line now, and Baltimore is still barely alive on the edge of the race.

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