{"id":639811,"date":"2026-05-13T03:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/639811\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T03:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:27:17","slug":"angel-martinez-homers-guardians-strike-out-13-and-top-angels-3-2-to-continue-home-dominance-of-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/639811\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Martinez homers, Guardians strike out 13 and top Angels 3-2 to continue home dominance of LA"},"content":{"rendered":"

CLEVELAND — – Angel Martinez<\/a> homered and Cleveland’s pitchers struck out 13 as the Guardians kept up their home mastery of the Los Angeles Angels<\/a> with a 3-2 victory on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Martinez, Patrick Bailey<\/a> and Bryan Rocchio drove in runs for Cleveland, which improved to 29-4 against the Angels at Progressive Field since 2015. The Guardians have won the first two games in the series despite being outhit twice.<\/p>\n

Vaughn Grissom<\/a> homered for the Angels, who dropped to 8-17 on the road<\/p>\n

Cleveland starter Slade Cecconi<\/a> held LA scoreless for four innings while striking out a season-high seven. Hunter Gaddis<\/a> (1-1) worked 1 1\/3 innings and Cade Smith<\/a> got his second four-out save this season and 12th im 14 chances overall.<\/p>\n

Martinez put the Guardians up in the third against Walbert Ure\u00f1a (1-4) with his sixth homer, a shot into the right-field seats.<\/p>\n

He nearly homered again in the fifth, but was robbed by right fielder Jo Adell<\/a>, who made a leaping catch at the wall. However, the shot advanced Daniel Schneeman to third and he scored on Bailey’s groundout.<\/p>\n

The Angels pulled to 2-1 in the sixth on pinch-hitter Oswald Peraza<\/a>‘s triple and a sacrifice fly from Adell.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles threatened in the seventh against Eric Sabrowski, who yielded two walks but struck out the side.<\/p>\n

Rocchio’s sac fly in the seventh made it 3-1 before Grissom’s second homer pulled the Angels within one in the eighth.<\/p>\n

Guardians manager Stephen Vogt<\/a> was back in the dugout after missing two games with an upper respiratory issue.<\/p>\n

The Guardians announced the death of longtime ballpark public address announcer Bob Tayek. He had been the in-game voice at Progressive Field since 1999 before stepping away this season for health reasons.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Angels LHP Reid Detmers<\/a> (1-3, 4.33 ERA) starts the series finale against LHP Parker Messick<\/a> (4-1, 2.30), who faces LA for the first time.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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