CLEVELAND — 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. Kayfus slid into home and beat the throw of right fielder Lane Thomas for the winning run.
Cleveland second baseman Juan Brito went 2 for 4 in his major-league debut and Steven Kwan had an RBI single in the fifth inning.
Kansas City rookie Carter Jensen homered for the second straight game for the Royals’ only hit. Jensen connected on a cutter in the second inning off Cleveland starter Gavin Williams and drove it over the wall in right-center for his third home run of the season.
Cade Smith (2-0), the fifth Guardians pitcher, got the win after retiring the Royals in order in the ninth. It was the Guardians’ first one-hitter since Aug. 6 last season at the New York Mets. The previous Guardians one-hitter at home was on May 7, 2023, against Minnesota.
Cleveland tied the game in the fifth. Austin Hedges singled with one out, advanced to second on a ground out and scored when Kwan lined a single to left field.
The game was moved up five hours because of an evening forecast with temperatures below freezing. However, it was 33 degrees at first pitch, making it the coldest game at Progressive Field since April 9, 2018, against Detroit, which was also 33 degrees.
Roster moves
Gabriel Arias was placed on the 10-day injured list by the Guardians on Tuesday due to a strained left hamstring.
Brito was called up from Triple-A Columbus and batted sixth.
“We’ve been excited about Juan for a really long time. And I feel like last year with his injuries, we would have seen him last year at some point, but we just couldn’t be more excited,” manager Stephen Vogt said. “Juan has historically been a good decision maker at the plate. He’s got the ability to make contact and he’s got the power to drive the ball out of the yard. So he’s a complete hitter from both sides.”
Brito — who played in only 31 games last season due to thumb and hamstring injuries — is in his seventh professional season and fourth in Cleveland’s organization. He was 11 for 35 with five doubles and four RBIs in nine games this season for Columbus.
Brito played mostly at third base for the Clippers, but Vogt said he would primarily be at second base while Arias is sidelined.
Arias suffered the injury during the fifth inning of Monday night’s game. The shortstop appeared to get hurt while running to second base on his double to right field.
The injury comes at an inopportune time for Arias, who was 5 for 14 with two home runs and four RBIs in his last five games.
Arias is expected to miss at least a month due to the injury, which has been classified as a moderate hamstring strain.
Rocchio and Daniel Schneemann will be the primary shortstops. Rocchio had been playing second base during the first two weeks of the season.
Up next
It will be a matchup of left-handers in today’s series finale. Cole Ragans (0-2, 3.60 ERA) goes for Kansas City while Joey Cantillo (0-0, 3.00 ERA) takes the hill for Cleveland.
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