Guardians postgame show<\/a>. “We basically just threw everything he put down and kept it really simple. I trust this guy with everything, so we keep going.”<\/p>\nCantillo dropped his earned-run average to 3.36.<\/p>\n
Of his last two starts including a win at Boston on Sept. 3, Cantillo said, “Just getting ahead of guys and thinking, ‘hey, I don’t need to be perfect, I don’t need to make the perfect pitch. Just be aggressive, and challenge guys every pitch.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
Said Hedges of Cantillo, “Everybody knows how good he is. The whole league knows. When he goes out there and does that, he reminds the league of exactly how good he is.”<\/p>\n
After giving up three earned runs in an appearance against Boston on Sept. 2, Smith (3.20 ERA) has yielded no runs in his last four outings.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ram\u00edrez, who had three hits, hit a solo homer off Royals starter Noah Cameron (7-6) with two outs in the first. David Fry hit the second of back-to-back to doubles to drive in Ram\u00edrez in the fourth.<\/p>\n
Cameron, a 26-year-old rookie, gave up two runs on six hits with eight strikeouts in seven innings.<\/p>\n
The Guardians, who have won six of seven, beat the Royals\u00a010-2\u00a0in the series opener Monday.<\/p>\n
Cleveland (74-70) is two games behind Seattle in the AL Wild Card race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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