Cleveland’s Logan Allen held the Miami Marlins to a solo home run and struck out eight in six innings to win on Sunday in his major league debut.
Called up from Triple-A Columbus before the game, the 24-year-old lefty allowed a two-out home run to John Berti in the third inning. In addition, he allowed five hits and one walk, finished the job with three strikeouts and one walk on six innings.
Allen slammed his fist into his glove after Abisail Garcia received the third strike called to end the inning. As Allen left the field, he received a standing ovation and was greeted by his teammates in the dugout.
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He’s the third rookie to start a game in the Guardians, without the injured Triston McKenzie and Aaron Civert in the rotation.
Amed Rosario jump-started the sleepy Cleveland offense by going 4-for-5 with two singles, a triple and a double and scoring three runs. His compatriot Jose Ramirez drove in four runs and Josh Bell hit back-to-back homers in the third.
Ramirez drove in the 4 for the first time this season. His home run was against Jesús Luzaldo.
The last time was an 8-0 win against Toronto on August 12th.
With his home runs, he tied for 378th all-time with Jay Bell, Asdrubal Cabrera, Toby Jara, Minnie Miñoso and Josh Willingham.
The Cleveland third baseman is looking to break into the 200-home run list.
After Ramirez, the next Dominicans are Marcel Ozuna (198), César Cedeno (199) and Juan Uribe (199).
For the Marlins, Brian de la Cruz of the Dominican Republic scored 3-0 and Jean Segura was 4-0. Venezuela’s Avisail Garcia scored one run and three RBIs in his 4–1 win.
For the Guardians, Dominican Amed Rosario went 5-4 with 4 points, Jose Ramirez went 4-2 with 1 point and 4 RBIs, and Oscar Gonzalez 3-1. Gabriel Arias of Venezuela 4-0.
Ramirez had his seventh and 296th double of his career, putting compatriot Tony Peña’s two on the all-time list. Rosary gave her her third, another.
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