The Cleveland Guardians beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-3 in Monday’s ALCS opener at Tropicana Field.
The Guardians came back from an early two-run deficit thanks to solo homers by Chase DeLauter and Patrick Bailey. Nathaniel Lowe put Cleveland up for good with a two-run single in the eighth inning.
Cleveland’s bats collected 14 hits to hand the Rays their first loss of the postseason.
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