Rookie Travis Bazzana posts a career-high performance as the Cleveland Guardians defeat the Houston Astros 8-1 on June 20. Bazzana finishes with four hits, including two home runs, totaling five runs batted in and three runs scored. He hits a leadoff homer off Astros pitcher Spencer Arrighetti on the first pitch of the game, later adds another extra-base hit by driving a three-run homer in the fifth inning, and contributes with a single in the third inning. Kyle Manzardo also helps propel Cleveland’s offense, hitting a two-run home run in the third inning to break a 1-1 tie, and adding an RBI single in the seventh. Multiple reports characterize Bazzana’s game as his first career four-hit effort and first multi-homer game. Overall, the Guardians’ scoring is spread across Bazzana’s power production and timely contributions from Manzardo, while Cleveland controls the game after taking the lead early and extending it through the middle innings.