Josh Naylor drove in three runs, Logan Allen picked up his first victory since in four starts and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-3 on Friday night.
It was Naylor’s 11th game with at least three RBI this season. Bo Naylor also drove in a run, marking the seventh time this season the Naylor brothers have had an RBI in the same game.
Josh Naylor is 5 for 17 with five RBI in five games since coming off the injured list after missing a month due to a right oblique strain.
Allen (7-7) allowed one run on three hits and struck out six to get his first victory since Aug. 15. The left-hander is fourth among AL rookies in strikeouts (113) and fifth in wins.
Emmanuel Clase retired the side in the ninth for his majors-leading 39th save.
The Guardians remained 6 1/2 games behind Minnesota in the AL Central after the Twins beat the Mets on Friday.
Logan O’Hoppe had a two-run homer in the sixth inning for the Angels, who have dropped seven of their last eight.
Griffin Canning (7-6) allowed three runs on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Josh Naylor put the Guardians on the board in the third with a base hit up the middle to drive in Steven Kwan, who led off the inning with a double. Naylor’s other two RBI came when he was walked with the bases loaded in the sixth inning and hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth.
Bo Naylor had two hits, including an RBI single in the fourth inning to extend Cleveland’s lead to 2-0. The catcher is 15 for 41 with 10 RBI in his last 15 games.
Cleveland’s other runs came on a sacrifice flies by Kwan in the sixth and Ramon Laureano in the eighth.
O’Hoppe hit a two-run homer to center on a hanging sinker by Nick Sandlin in the sixth to get the Angels within 3-2. They had the tying run on third with two outs, but Sam Hentges struck out Kyren Paris to end the rally.