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The Cleveland Guardians are 33-17 right now, 16 games over .500 for the first time this season.
Nobody saw this coming.
Who gets the most credit for the team's incredible start?
Johnathan Rodriguez singled home David Fry in the seventh inning for his first major league hit, driving in the go-ahead run for the Cleveland Guardians in a 6-3 victory over the New York Mets on Wednesday.
Rodriguez, playing in his second game since being recalled from Triple-A Columbus two days earlier, slapped a grounder through the right side of the infield off Reed Garrett (5-1) to snap a 3-all tie.
“My focus was to try to hit the ball hard, just to try to help the team,” Rodriguez said through an interpreter. “I was ready to get the job done.”
The 24-year-old right fielder also was a hero in the first, picking up a tiny black bird that landed near him. He cradled it in his mitt before delivering it to a bullpen attendant, who safely escorted it out of the ballpark.
“I think it was a baby, so I put it in my glove,” Rodriguez said. “It was a little lost. I didn’t want to see it get hurt.”
The AL Central-leading Guardians, who trailed 3-0 going into the sixth, moved into a tie for the second-best record in the majors at 33-17. Cleveland extended its winning streak to a season-high six and swept the Mets for the first time as a franchise.
José Ramírez and Kyle Manzardo tacked on RBI doubles in the eighth against Adam Ottavino. Andrés Giménez began the comeback with a three-run, tying homer in the sixth off New York starter Jose Quintana.
“In my first two at-bats I was seeing everything, so I was kind of ready for it,” Giménez said. “Knowing that we could get something going gave us the energy to do what we knew we could do.”
Hunter Gaddis (3-1) worked 1 1/3 innings for the win and rookie Cade Smith picked up his first save. All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase was unavailable after pitching the previous three days.
“I thought Cade was throwing 120 (mph),” catcher Austin Hedges said. “When he’s throwing 98-plus, that’s as good of a fastball as I’ve caught.”
The Mets had gone in front on homers by Pete Alonso in the first, Jeff McNeil in the second and Harrison Bader in the fourth — all against right-hander Triston McKenzie, who lasted five innings in his sixth consecutive winless start.
New York dropped a season-high seven games below .500 at 21-28.
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