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Ben Lively struck out six in six innings to lead the Cleveland Guardians to a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night in a matchup of teams with the best records in baseball. The Phillies returned home for the first time since the All-Star break, yet failed to snap out of their recent offensive malaise. The Phillies lost two of three in Pittsburgh and Minnesota after the break. The Phillies played more like lovable losers against the Guardians (62-41), who moved ahead of the Baltimore Orioles with the best record in the American League with the win and lead the AL Central.

The Cleveland Guardians didn't hit Phillies starter Cristopher Sánchez particularly hard on Friday. Sánchez scattered eight hits — all singles — across six innings, and only allowed contact harder than 95 mph twice. Bryson Stott led off the fifth inning with a homer to right field, but that was the extent of Sánchez's run support. The Phillies were 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position.

In Friday's game against the Bowie Baysox at Canal Park, Boyd made his third rehab start and second with the Akron RubberDucks, the Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians. The left-hander is recovering from Tommy John surgery after sustaining a partial sprain of his ulnar collateral ligament during the 2023 season as part of the Detroit Tigers. Boyd got through two innings with little turbulence, but the Baysox began the third with some noise.

Signing bonuses for the selections through competitive balance round A in the 2024 Major League Baseball amateur draft: 1, Cleveland Guardians, Travis Bazzana, 2B, Oregon State, $8.95 million 2, Cincinnati Reds, Chase Burns, RHP, Wake Forest, $9.25 million 3, Colorado Rockies, Charlie Condon, OF, Georgia, $9.25 million 4, Oakland Athletics, Nick Kurtz, 1B, Wake Forest, $7 million 5, Chicago White Sox, Hagen Smith, LHP, Arkansas, $8 million 6, Kansas City Royals, Jac Caglianone, 1B/LHP, Florida., $7,497,500 7, St. Louis Cardinals, JJ Wetherholt, SS, West Virginia, $6.9 million 8, Los Angeles Angels, Christian Moore, 2B, Tennessee, $4,997,500 9, Pittsburgh Pirates, Konnor Griffin, SS, Jackson Prep

The Cleveland Guardians have a couple of needs to address ahead of the MLB trade deadline next week. First and foremost, they need to acquire another starting pitcher. If the Guardians can get another consistent high-level starter, they are going to be a serious threat in the American League. MLB.com recently linked Cleveland as potential trade suitors for four intriguing pitchers.

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