Overview

• Cleveland beat Tampa Bay 3-0 as rookie Parker Messick earned his first MLB win with seven shutout innings, six strikeouts and no walks.
• Steven Kwan singled to start a three-run first inning capped by RBI from Kyle Manzardo, Bo Naylor and Brayan Rocchio, which stood up the rest of the night.
• Shane Baz took the loss after allowing three first-inning runs before settling in to retire 16 straight hitters, extending his winless stretch to 0-8 over his last 10 starts.
• The result followed Tampa Bay’s 9-0 win the night before when Junior Caminero went 4-for-5 with two homers to reach 39 on the season, leading MLB with 12 in August; Yandy Díaz hit his career high-tying 22nd homer and Ian Seymour struck out eight over five scoreless in his first MLB start.
• Caminero’s surge has renewed focus on Cleveland’s 2021 deal sending him to the Rays for Tobias Myers, a move widely panned in local coverage given Caminero’s franchise-record pursuits and rare age-based power benchmarks.