Brayan Rocchio continues to lead a Cleveland Guardians offense that is trying to hit its stride to complement the team's strong starting pitching.

José Ramírez homered twice, Brayan Rocchio had three hits and three RBIs, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Orioles 8-4 on Sunday to take three of four from Baltimore. Ramírez went deep in the fourth and fifth innings off Trevor Rogers (2-2), increasing his franchise record for multi-homer games to 28. He also moved past Earl Averill into second place in Cleveland history with 138 home runs at home.

It isn’t often a team with the lowest payroll in the Major Leagues can lose its starting shortstop to injury and replace him with a Gold Glove finalist, but that’s what happened when a hamstring injury forced Gabriel Arias to leave the April 6 game with the Royals on a frigid afternoon at Progressive Field. Brayan Rocchio, who started the season at second base, moved to shortstop to finish the ...

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Kansas City Royals 1 - Cleveland Guardians 2

Brayan Rocchio's single with one out in the ninth inning drove in CJ Kayfus to give the Cleveland Guardians a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday. Kayfus singled off John Schreiber (0-1) and advanced to second when Bo Naylor walked. Rocchio's single just eluded Kansas City second baseman Jonathan India to go into right field.