The Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 12-9 to keep a one-game AL Central lead. After Carter Jensen's second two-run homer tied the game at 7 in the eighth, Kansas City's bullpen issued six walks, including three with the bases loaded, as Cleveland scored five runs.
Angel Martínez opened the scoring with a two-run single in the first and added a two-run double in the ninth. David Fry's two-run homer put Cleveland ahead 6-5 earlier in the game.
The teams are scheduled to meet again tomorrow at 7:10 p.m. Eastern. Tanner Bibee is slated to start for Cleveland against Kansas City's Michael Wacha; a Guardians win would take the series and reduce their division-clinching magic number to one.
