KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jose Ramirez homered, Josh Naylor had a pair of RBIs and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 7-2 on Saturday.
''It was really positive that we win with a chance to come back tomorrow, but we don't pay too much attention to that,'' Ramirez said about avoiding a four-game losing skid. ''We're going to win a lot of games in a row but also lose a lot of games in a row, but the important part is we compete.''
Vinnie Pasquantino hit his 10th homer of the season while Michael Massey belted his seventh into the right field bullpen to put the Royals ahead 2-1 in the second inning.
''Michael is a really good offensive player for us and today was a good day for him,'' Royals manager Matt Quatraro said.
Those two homers were the only runs Tanner Bibee (7-2) gave up over six innings. He allowed four hits and struck out three.
''I felt like I was banging my head against the wall really, because that's what those guys do,'' Bibee said. ''They put together good at bats and battle. Today was a figure it out day from the get go. I don't think I made many bad pitches, but they just put balls in play.''
The Guardians took a 3-2 lead after a two-run homer by Jhonkensy Noel. The play was challenged, but was upheld as a home run.
''I hit too hard to see, but in my mind I was like ‘please be fair','' Noel said, who has two homers since being called up four games ago. ''It's been great, around these great players, great teammates and we're just trying to win ballgames.''
