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<\/p>\n\u201cA lot of really good at-bats. A lot of hard hits,\u201d Cash said. \u201cBut overall, just happy that Junior squared some balls up, Aranda came through in a big way for us and then Yandy there at the end with a add-on homer.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The best-of-seven matchup became a best-of-three. Game 5 is Sunday in Cleveland before the series shifts back to St. Petersburg, Florida, on Monday. There is no off day for travel after Friday\u2019s game was postponed by rain.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a big bounce-back game. It feels good, but we\u2019re going to take it one game at a time and not look ahead. But we\u2019re glad to be going back home after that,\u201d Simpson said.<\/p>\n
Aranda had three hits and drove in two runs, Diaz had two hits and two RBIs, including a two-run homer<\/a> in the ninth off Matt Festa, while Simpson and Caminero each drove in a run.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was just a matter of time to get going. We can use this going forward,\u201d Aranda said through translator Kevin Vera.<\/p>\n Error, timely hitting allow Rays to break it open in 7th<\/p>\n Tampa Bay took a 2-1 lead in the sixth when Caminero lined a double<\/a> to the left-field wall off Daniel Espino (0-1), then broke open the game in a three-run seventh.<\/p>\n Richie Palacios and Taylor Walls got aboard on base hits and moved into scoring position on a double steal. After D\u00edaz struck out, Aranda lined a single past a diving Bazzana, who was playing near the grass between first and second, and into right field to score Palacios. When DeLauter allowed the ball under his glove, Walls came around from second. Aranda went all the way to third on the error and scored on Simpson\u2019s sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n \u201cIt looked like it may have snaked on him or just skipped by him, took his eye off of it,\u201d Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said. \u201cA couple unfortunate plays for us tonight that we usually complete and just weren\u2019t able to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThose were the two runs we needed. In the moment, I see the ball go under the hands of DeLauter, I said, it\u2019s time to run,\u201d said Aranda, who went 0 for 10 in the first three games,<\/p>\n Sharp outing by Martinez <\/p>\n Nick Martinez continued his mastery of Cleveland this season. <\/p>\n Pitching on a 46-degree night \u2014 the coldest postgame game in Rays\u2019 history \u2014 the right-hander allowed one run and two hits. After DeLauter\u2019s RBI single put Cleveland up 1-0 in the first, Martinez (1-0) retired 10 straight at one point before walking Bazzana leading off the fifth.<\/p>\n \u201cI think your most important games are in the cold weather. We have obviously the climate controlled \u2026 But I think you just try to put that aside, right? These games are important,\u201d Martinez said. \u201cTo look at ticky-tack stuff like that about the weather, honestly, you\u2019re just so jacked up to be pitching in these moments you\u2019re not really thinking about the weather.<\/p>\n In three starts this season against Cleveland, Martinez went 3-0 and gave up one run in 18 1\/3 innings with 12 strikeouts.<\/p>\n Freddy Peralta \u2014 who started Game 2 on Tuesday and threw six scoreless innings \u2014 relieved Martinez and got the final two outs on the sixth. The right-hander threw only nine pitches and could still be in line to start Game 6 on Monday.<\/p>\n Rollercoaster night for Guardians\u2019 rookies<\/p>\n DeLauter and Travis Bazzana had key hits at the plate, but also struggled baserunning and in the field.<\/p>\n DeLauter was easily tagged out at second after his RBI single when he tried to extend it to a double along with his error in the seventh. Bazzana hit his first postseason home run but also had a tough time fielding at second base.<\/p>\n Bazzana homered<\/a> in the seventh against Ian Seymour and Brayan Rocchio added an RBI single as Cleveland closed to 5-3.<\/p>\n \u201cYou just got to flush it and come back strong tomorrow,\u201d Bazzana said about the loss. \u201cI think we\u2019ve been in situations where it gets tough, it gets tighter, it gets harder, a little closer to the end of the season and you just got to fight for that next win and be present tomorrow. So yeah, we\u2019ve seen this kind of situation before and we just got to bounce back.\u201d <\/p>\n Halpin\u2019s web gem<\/p>\n Caminero drove a fastball to Griffin deep to center, before Center fielder Petey Halpin made a leaping catch<\/a> before crashing into the nook between the 19-foot wall in left and the 9-foot wall in center.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s all right,\u201d Halpin said of the wall. \u201cYeah, it was a good play, but I feel good. It\u2019s pretty forgiving. So I mean, there\u2019s no better time than now to go for the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n Up next<\/p>\n Cleveland rookie Parker Messick (0-2, 3.09 ERA) will make his fourth start this postseason. He went five innings and was charged with three unearned runs in Tuesday\u2019s 3-1 loss in Game 2. Tampa Bay\u2019s Drew Rasmussen (1-0, 1.29 ERA) allowed two runs over six innings in Game 1 and struck out seven before the Guardians rallied for a 7-3 victory.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n