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- Guardians end Rays' winning streak at 7 with 7-1 victory</p>
<p>KRISTIE ACKERT September 6, 2025 at 4:40 AM</p>
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<p>1 / 4Guardians Rays BaseballCleveland Guardians' Austin Hedges (27) and Steven Kwan celebrate after scoring on a two-run double by José Ramírez off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Ian Seymour during the second inning of a baseball game Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)</p>
<p>TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — José Ramírez had three hits and two RBIs and the Cleveland Guardians had a five-run second inning in a 7-1 victory over Tampa Bay on Friday night, snapping the Rays' season-best winning streak at seven.</p>
<p>The Guardians won for the fourth time in 14 games to reach .500 at 70-70 and keep their wild-card hopes alive. The Rays dropped to 71-69.</p>
<p>Cleveland broke through after the Rays, credited with beginning the opener trend in baseball, used an opener for the first time this season.</p>
<p>Griffin Jax worked a clean first, but Ian Seymour (3-1) quickly ran into trouble. He bobbled Gabriel Arias' bunt for an error, then hit a batter and walked another to load the bases. Kwan singled in two runs, Ramírez followed with a two-run double, and David Fry added an RBI single to make it 5-0. Ramirez was 3 for 5 with the two RBIs.</p>
<p>Austin Hedges homered for Cleveland in the fifth.</p>
<p>Gavin Williams (10-6) gave Cleveland seven solid innings, allowing one run on seven hits. He walked three and struck out three.</p>
<p>Williams' allowed Junior Caminero's 41st homer in the sixth, the rookie's AL-leading 14th since Aug. 1.</p>
<p>Key moment</p>
<p>Seymour's misplay on Arias' bunt set up Cleveland's five-run second.</p>
<p>Key stat</p>
<p>Eight: The Guardians have homered in eight straight games, their second-longest streak of the season.</p>
<p>Up next</p>
<p>RHP Tanner Bibee (9-11, 4.77 ERA) was set to start for Cleveland on Saturday night against RHP Shane Baz (9-11, 4.98).</p>
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