PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Parker Messick pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings, Travis Bazzana homered and the Cleveland Guardians defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 on Sunday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park in front of 37,808.

Messick scattered five hits, struck out six and walked two, improving to 6-1 on the season. Cade Smith earned his 19th save with a perfect ninth inning, striking out one. The Guardians took two of three in the series after dropping Saturday’s game 3-0 and winning Friday’s contest 1-0.

Cleveland improved to 32-23, while Philadelphia fell to 26-27.

The Guardians opened the scoring in the fifth inning. Daniel Schneemann walked and David Fry singled before Steven Kwan lined a single to left field, scoring Schneemann. Kwan’s hit gave Cleveland a 1-0 lead. The Guardians added another run in the sixth when Rhys Hoskins doubled to left field, driving in Chase DeLauter, who had walked. Hoskins was thrown out attempting to stretch the hit into a triple.

Philadelphia’s only run came in the seventh inning. Brandon Marsh tripled to right field and scored on Bryce Harper’s sacrifice fly to center. The Phillies had a chance to tie or take the lead after Marsh’s triple and a walk to Trea Turner, but Kyle Schwarber struck out and Alec Bohm grounded out to end the threat.

Cleveland answered in the eighth. Bazzana led off with a home run to right field, his third of the season, extending the lead to 3-1. Bazzana finished 3-for-4 with two singles and the homer.

Andrew Painter took the loss for Philadelphia, allowing two earned runs on six hits over 6 1/3 innings. He struck out three and walked one, falling to 1-5. Tanner Banks, Tim Mayza and Jonathan Bowlan worked the final 2 2/3 innings for the Phillies. Bowlan allowed the Bazzana home run.

Cleveland’s bullpen was sharp after Messick departed. Hunter Gaddis threw 1 1/3 hitless innings with two strikeouts. Colin Holderman recorded one out in the seventh before turning the game over to Gaddis. Smith closed it out with a strikeout of Turner to end the game.

Messick’s outing continued a strong stretch. In his previous two starts, he earned wins against Detroit and the Los Angeles Angels, allowing two earned runs in each outing over a combined 11 2/3 innings.

The Guardians finished with nine hits, while the Phillies managed six. Cleveland grounded into two double plays. Philadelphia struck out 10 times.

The game marked the final contest of a three-game interleague series. Cleveland returns home to face the Washington Nationals on Monday. Philadelphia travels to San Diego to open a three-game set with the Padres on Monday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Cleveland 8, Philadelphia 6. The Phillies were given a 53.6 percent chance to win according to Interstat’s ELO system. Cleveland was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of four runs went over the over-under line of 7.5.