The Cleveland Guardians made the most of their offense to capture the opener of their three-game series against the host Philadelphia Phillies. Winners of three of their past four games, the Guardians will bid for a series victory on Saturday night when the top teams in the American League and National League continue their set. Cleveland strung together nine hits -- all singles -- and Bo Naylor delivered a run-scoring sacrifice bunt in a 3-1 victory on Friday.
The Guardians also stole two bases and delivered in the clutch, with David Fry and Angel Martinez each recording a two-out RBI single. "We've been getting hits, right? We just haven't been getting the big hit -- and we got two big hits tonight," Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said. "It continues for our guys.
Stay the course. We don't have to change a thing. Let's play our brand of baseball.
" Fry told Bally Sports Cleveland, "It's awesome. It's who we are. We're laying down bunts, we're stealing bases, creating havoc.
I feel like when we're at our best, it's what we do." Philadelphia hasn't been at its best in a while. The Phillies fell for the seventh time in 10 games on Friday despite Bryson Stott highlighting his three-hit performance with a homer to lead off the fifth inning.
Guardians veteran Carlos Carrasco (3-8, 5.32 ERA) will take the mound on Saturday night opposite Phillies rookie Tyler Phillips (2-0, 2.81) in a battle of right-handers.
Carrasco dropped his second straight decision on Monday after allowing si.