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Rays win 3-1 without an earned run as Guardians error sparks rally

Tampa Bay needed no earned runs — one Cleveland mistake opened the fourth and the pitching made it stand.

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Tampa Bay didn't need a single earned run to bounce back. A Cleveland error cracked open the fourth inning, the Rays piled on three, and that was the whole ballgame in a 3-1 win at Tropicana Field.

The pitching made the gift stand. Cleveland, which had rolled to a 7-3 win at the same ballpark 24 hours earlier on 14 hits, was held to one run as Tampa Bay's arms shut the door.

One sloppy inning flipped the script entirely. After coughing up a seven-spot the night before, the Rays found the cleanest way to answer: let the Guardians make the mistake, take the free bases, and never hand anything back. With the arms dealing, three unearned runs were all the margin required.

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