Cleveland Guardians defeated Tampa Bay Rays 7-3 in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. Nathaniel Lowe delivered a tiebreaking two-run single in the eighth inning. Rookie Parker Messick started for Cleveland, while Freddy Peralta started for Tampa Bay.
The Guardians overcame a 2-0 deficit, becoming only the 11th team in best-of-five playoff history to achieve this feat. Junior Caminero and Jonny De Luca provided RBI singles in the first inning. Cedric Mullins hit a solo homer for the Rays.
Chase De Lauter and Patrick Bailey hit solo homers off Drew Rasmussen. José Ramírez added an RBI single in the ninth. A crowd of 35,361 fans attended the game at Tropicana Field.
Cleveland's offense tallied 14 hits in the series opener. Ramírez and De Lauter each recorded three hits. The Guardians will look to take a 2-0 series lead in Game 2 on Tuesday.
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