Kemp’s RBI single in ninth provides A’s 4-3 win over Guardians

OAKLAND, Calif. — Tony Kemp stated he misplaced sleep over his expensive error on Monday. It didn’t take him lengthy to make up for it.

The second baseman hit a game-ending single within the backside of the ninth inning Tuesday evening to offer the Oakland Athletics a 4-3 win over the Cleveland Guardians.

“Today’s a new day,” Kemp stated. “You just continue to grind it out with your teammates. We’ve got a great group here. The season is young.”

Ryan Noda led off the ninth with a stroll towards James Karinchak (0-2). Noda superior to second on a groundout by Esteury Ruiz earlier than Kemp singled him dwelling.

“I faced (Karinchak) a couple of times in the past,” Kemp famous. “He’s a guy that you definitely don’t want to get behind in the count, so I was just trying to get a fastball in the zone early and put a good swing on it, and it worked out for us.”

Ruiz and Jace Peterson additionally drove in runs to assist Oakland snap a six-game dwelling shedding streak to Cleveland.

PHOTOS: Kemp’s RBI single in ninth provides A’s 4-3 win over Guardians

Trevor May (2-1) pitched a scoreless inning for the win.

“The ‘pen kept the game close, gave our offense a chance to win the game,” A’s supervisor Mark Kotsay stated.

Gabriel Arias homered for the Guardians, who misplaced for the primary time since opening day, snapping a four-game win streak. José Ramírez had an RBI double.

Ruiz doubled in Noda to place the A’s forward 1-0 within the third. Peterson added a sacrifice fly two batters later.

Cleveland tied it within the fourth on an RBI groundout by Josh Naylor and Arias’ solo homer off Oakland starter JP Sears, who allowed three runs in 4 2/3 innings with 5 strikeouts.

Ramírez gave the Guardians their first lead within the fifth on a pop-fly double to shallow middle. The ball bounced off Kemp’s glove as he almost collided with Ruiz charging in from middle discipline.

The A’s pulled even within the sixth when Seth Brown reached on a dropped third strike, permitting Kemp to attain from third.

“They’ve shown in the last two games that they can bounce back and fight through some adversity and some mistakes,” Kotsay stated about his group.

Cleveland ace Shane Bieber gave up three runs in six innings with seven strikeouts.

“It was a good game,” Bieber stated. “Unfortunately, we just ended up on the wrong side of things tonight, so I’m excited to see how we bounce back tomorrow.”

KEEPING THE BEAT

The Guardians will put on a ‘JA’ patch on their uniforms in Friday’s dwelling opener in reminiscence of longtime tremendous fan and ballpark drummer John Adams, who died in January.

“He was there every day for how many years?” Cleveland supervisor Terry Francona stated. “I think it’s an extremely respectful, nice tribute to a fan, which is not a bad thing.”

The patch will characteristic Adams’ base drum mallets.

MOMMY AND ME

Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce, who’s from Cleveland, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch along with his mother, Donna, on the Guardians’ dwelling opener. Donna Kelce turned a giant hit throughout Super Bowl week with two sons enjoying towards one another within the sport, the opposite being Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman Jason Kelce.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Athletics: RHP Paul Blackburn (torn fingernail) will start a rehab task Friday at Class A Stockton. He is anticipated to throw roughly 35 pitches.

UP NEXT

RHP Hunter Gaddis (0-0, 9.82 ERA) pitches Wednesday afternoon for Cleveland within the sequence finale. Oakland counters with LHP Kyle Muller (0-0, 1.80).