Guardians rally past Reds 7‑4 behind Martinez homer

CLEVELAND (Interstat) — Angel Martínez homered and drove in two runs as the Cleveland Guardians defeated the Cincinnati Reds 7-4 on Saturday at Progressive Field before 33,331 fans in 2 hours, 48 minutes.

Martínez went 2 for 4 with his eighth homer of the season, a two-run shot in the seventh inning that broke a 4-4 tie. Brayan Rocchio added a two-run single in the second inning, and the Guardians strung together four runs across the sixth, seventh and eighth frames.

Cleveland outhit Cincinnati 10-5. The Reds scored once in the third and three times in the fifth, highlighted by Spencer Steer’s two-run double. Chris Paddack struck out three over five innings for Cincinnati.

Erik Sabrowski (2-1) earned the win with one-third of an inning. Cade Smith worked a perfect ninth for his 14th save. Sam Moll (1-3) took the loss.

Cleveland improved to 25-22; Cincinnati fell to 24-22.