Aaron Civale scattered two hits and struck out a season-high nine batters over seven innings to fuel the host Cleveland Guardians to a 3-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday.
Josh Bell belted a two-run homer and Josh Naylor had an RBI single among his two hits for the Guardians, who have won five of their last seven games. Cleveland moved to .500 on the season for the first time since it was 13-13 on April 28.Trevor Stephan struck out one batter and did not surrender a hit in the eighth inning. Emmanuel Clase worked around a one-out walk in the ninth to secure his 25th save of the season.
Bobby Witt Jr. ripped a double in the fourth inning and MJ Melendez did the same in the fifth for the Royals, who have lost five in a row.
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