Cleveland Guardians defeat Los Angeles Angels behind Cantillo’s six scoreless innings

CLEVELAND (Interstat) — Joey Cantillo pitched six scoreless innings as the Cleveland Guardians defeated the Los Angeles Angels 7-2 on Monday night at Progressive Field. Cantillo (3-1) allowed five hits, walked one and struck out four.

Cleveland scored two runs in the second inning on Brayan Rocchio’s single, then broke the game open with five runs in the third. Travis Bazzana delivered a two-run double, and Daniel Schneemann added a two-run single. Rocchio finished with two RBIs.

Los Angeles scored single runs in the eighth and ninth innings. Angels opener Brent Suter (1-2) took the loss after allowing two runs in 1 2/3 innings. Alek Manoah tossed five scoreless innings in relief.

The Guardians improved to 22-21; the Angels fell to 16-26. Attendance was 15,492. The game lasted 3 hours, 1 minute. Cleveland had seven hits to Los Angeles’ nine but capitalized on walks and timely hitting.