CLEVELAND (AP) — David Fry hit a three-run homer, José Ramírez had a two-run shot and the Cleveland Guardians hammered the Baltimore Orioles 10-3 on Thursday night in a matchup of two of the AL's division leaders.
Bo Naylor added a three-run blast as the Guardians outhomered the Orioles, who lead the majors with 172 homers.
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Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Trevor Rogers, right, hands the ball to manager Brandon Hyde, left, as catcher Adley Rutschman, center, looks away, during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Cleveland Guardians' Josh Naylor (22) greets catcher Bo Naylor, left, as Nick Sandlin, right, stands by at the end of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Cleveland Guardians' Josh Naylor heads to first base after hitting a single off Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Albert Suarez during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Cleveland Guardians' Lane Thomas heads to first base after a walk off Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Burch Smith during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Cleveland Guardians' Josh Naylor (22) greets Lane Thomas, center, and Jhonkensy Noel, right, at the end of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Baltimore Orioles' Colton Cowser (17) heads for home plate on an RBI double by Gunnar Henderson during the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Trevor Rogers, right, hands the ball to manager Brandon Hyde, left, as catcher Adley Rutschman, center, looks away, during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Trevor Rogers, left, reacts after giving up a three-run home run to Cleveland Guardians' David Fry as Gurdians' Josh Naylor, back right, heads to home plate during the third inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Baltimore Orioles' Anthony Santander, center, reacts after hitting a solo home run off Cleveland Guardians' Ben Lively as Guardians' Bo Naylor, left, and umpire John Bacon, right, stand by during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Cleveland Guardians' Steven Kwan, front left, scores on a sacrifice fly by Jose Ramirez as Baltimore Orioles' Adley Rutschman, right, stands by during the first inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Ben Lively delivers against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Cleveland Guardians' David Fry watches his three-run home run off Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Trevor Rogers during the third inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Cleveland Guardians' Josh Naylor (22) and Jose Ramirez, second from left, congratulate David Fry, front right, after Fry's three-run home run off Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Trevor Rogers as Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman, back right, stands behind during the third inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
“We played a really good game,” Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said. “We got to their starter and then added on with the bullpen and that’s a great recipe to win any game.”
Cleveland's 66-42 record is tops in baseball and the club's best mark through 108 games since the 1995 AL title team started 73-35.
Fry homered in the third off Trevor Rogers (2-10), who went 4 1/3 innings in his debut for the Orioles after being acquired in a trade Tuesday from Miami. The left-hander allowed five runs and six hits.
“It was definitely a whirlwind today, something I haven’t been through before," said Rogers, who only had a brief conversation with catcher Adley Rutschman before taking the mound. “But I’m not going to sit here and make excuses. I've still got to execute the game plan.”
Ramírez hit his 28th homer in the seventh, giving him homers in three straight games for the first time since 2021.
“You’ve got to watch every single at-bat he’s up there,” Vogt said. “You better be watching because he’s going to do something special.”
Naylor's eighth homer capped a five-run seventh when the Guardians blew it open.
Ben Lively (10-6) gave up two runs and four hits in six innings to become Cleveland's first 10-game winner. He's 6-1 with a 2.70 ERA in eight home starts.
“Ben has taken this role, really the first time he’s been a stable source in any rotation and he’s not letting it go,” Vogt said.
It was the first of four straight games between the Orioles and Guardians, who could see each other again in the postseason. Baltimore began its longest trip this season, an 11-day, 10-game swing through Cleveland, Toronto and Tampa Bay.
Lane Thomas doubled twice in his home debut for the Guardians after coming over in a trade from Washington this week. He's reached base in 27 straight games.
Thomas played with the Nationals in Cleveland earlier this season and could sense something special about the Guardians.
“I just felt like they played the game hard and kind of how we thought we played,” he said. “I thought they had a really good bullpen. I just thought they’ve got a complete team, so it was fun to watch across the field. I’m glad to be a part of it.”
Anthony Santander hit his 32nd homer for Baltimore, which got just five hits.
Fry connected for his ninth homer — and first since May 31 — to give the Guardians a 5-1 lead.
Ramírez doubled with two outs in the third and Josh Naylor walked before Fry crushed a 3-2 pitch from Rogers 407 feet into the left-field bleachers.
“I wasn't sure I could still do it,” Fry joked about ending his homer drought. “It was nice to see it go over the fence, but we had a bunch of ’em today. It was really fun.”
BACKED UP
Guardians right-hander Tanner Bibee will have his scheduled start Saturday pushed back at least a couple days due to shoulder tightness.
Bibee, who is 9-4 in his second season with Cleveland, allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings at Detroit on Monday. Vogt said Bibee's shoulder stiffened following the outing.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Guardians: Newly acquired RHP Alex Cobb will make a rehab start for Triple-A Columbus on Saturday. Cobb, who came over in a deadline trade from San Francisco, hasn't pitched in the majors this season following hip surgery last October. He was set to rejoin the Giants' rotation last week before developing a finger blister.
UP NEXT
Guardians RHP Carlos Carrasco (3-9, 5.68 ERA) was set to start Friday against Orioles RHP Dean Kremer (4-7, 4.20).
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Cleveland Guardians' Josh Naylor (22) greets catcher Bo Naylor, left, as Nick Sandlin, right, stands by at the end of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Cleveland Guardians' Josh Naylor heads to first base after hitting a single off Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Albert Suarez during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Cleveland Guardians' Lane Thomas heads to first base after a walk off Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Burch Smith during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Cleveland Guardians' Josh Naylor (22) greets Lane Thomas, center, and Jhonkensy Noel, right, at the end of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Baltimore Orioles' Colton Cowser (17) heads for home plate on an RBI double by Gunnar Henderson during the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Trevor Rogers, right, hands the ball to manager Brandon Hyde, left, as catcher Adley Rutschman, center, looks away, during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Trevor Rogers, left, reacts after giving up a three-run home run to Cleveland Guardians' David Fry as Gurdians' Josh Naylor, back right, heads to home plate during the third inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Baltimore Orioles' Anthony Santander, center, reacts after hitting a solo home run off Cleveland Guardians' Ben Lively as Guardians' Bo Naylor, left, and umpire John Bacon, right, stand by during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Cleveland Guardians' Steven Kwan, front left, scores on a sacrifice fly by Jose Ramirez as Baltimore Orioles' Adley Rutschman, right, stands by during the first inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Ben Lively delivers against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Cleveland Guardians' David Fry watches his three-run home run off Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Trevor Rogers during the third inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Cleveland Guardians' Josh Naylor (22) and Jose Ramirez, second from left, congratulate David Fry, front right, after Fry's three-run home run off Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Trevor Rogers as Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman, back right, stands behind during the third inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk rallied across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the administration's actions on government downsizing, the economy, human rights and other issues.
More than 1,200 “Hands Off!” demonstrations were planned by more than 150 groups, including civil rights organizations, labor unions, LBGTQ+ advocates, veterans and elections activists. The protest sites included the National Mall in Washington, D.C., state capitols and other locations in all 50 states.
Protesters assailed the Trump administration's moves to fire thousands of federal workers, close Social Security Administration field offices, effectively shutter entire agencies, deport immigrants, scale back protections for transgender people and cut federal funding for health programs.
Musk, a Trump adviser who owns Tesla, SpaceX and the social media platform X, has played a key role in government downsizing as the head of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency. He says he is saving taxpayers billions of dollars.
Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign advocacy group, spoke at the Washington protest, criticizing the Trump administration's treatment of the LBGTQ+ community.
“The attacks that we’re seeing, they’re not just political. They are personal, y’all,” she said. “They’re trying to ban our books, they’re slashing HIV prevention funding, they’re criminalizing our doctors, our teachers, our families and our lives. This is Donald Trump’s America and I don’t want it y’all. We don’t want this America, y’all. We want the America we deserve, where dignity, safety and freedom belong not to some of us, but to all of us.”
Thousands of people marched in New York City's midtown Manhattan. In Massachusetts thousands more gathered on Boston Common holding signs including “Hands off our democracy,” “Hands off our Social Security” and “Diversity equity inclusion makes America strong. Hands off!”
In Ohio, hundreds rallied in the rain at the Statehouse in Columbus.
Roger Broom, 66, a retiree from Delaware County, Ohio, said at the Columbus rally that he used to be a Reagan Republican but has been turned off by Trump.
“He’s tearing this country apart,” Broom said. “It’s just an administration of grievances.”
Hundreds of people also demonstrated in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, a few miles from Trump's golf course in Jupiter, where he spent the morning at the club's Senior Club Championship. People lined both sides of PGA Drive, encouraging cars to honk and chanting slogans against Trump.
Archer Moran from Port St. Lucie, Florida, said, “They need to keep their hands off of our Social Security."
“The list of what they need to keep their hands off of is too long,” Moran said. “And it's amazing how soon these protests are happening since he’s taken office.”
The president plans to go golfing again Sunday, according to the White House.
Asked about the protests, the White House said in a statement that “President Trump’s position is clear: he will always protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid for eligible beneficiaries. Meanwhile, the Democrats’ stance is giving Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare benefits to illegal aliens, which will bankrupt these programs and crush American seniors.”
Activists have staged nationwide demonstrations against Trump or Musk multiple times since Trump returned to office. But the opposition movement has yet to produce a mass mobilization like the Women's March in 2017, which brought thousands of women to Washington, D.C., after Trump's first inauguration, or the Black Lives Matter demonstrations that erupted in multiple cities after George Floyd's killing in 2020.
In Charlotte, North Carolina, protesters said they were supporting a variety of causes, from Social Security and education to immigration and women's reproductive rights.
“Regardless of your party, regardless of who you voted for, what’s going on today, what’s happening today is abhorrent,” said Britt Castillo, 35, of Charlotte. "It’s disgusting and as broken as our current system might be, the way that the current administration is going about trying to fix things — it is not the way to do it. They’re not listening to the people."
“All they’re doing is making sure that they have a parachute for them and their rich friends, and everybody else here that lives here — that makes the gears turn for this country — are just screwed at the end of the day,” she said.
Associated Press writers Julie Carr Smyth in Columbus, Ohio, and Fatima Hussein in West Palm Beach, Florida, and video journalist Guillermo Gonzalez in Charlotte, North Carolina, contributed to this report.
Demonstrators carry signs during the "Hands Off!" protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk at the Washington Monument in Washington, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Demonstrators hold up signs during a "Hands Off!" protest against President Donald Trump at the Washington Monument in Washington, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Demonstrators carry signs during the "Hands Off!" protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk at the Washington Monument in Washington, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Demonstrators hold up signs during a "Hands Off!" protest against President Donald Trump at the Washington Monument in Washington, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Protestors hold signs as they take to the streets and march during a "Hands Off!" protest against President Donald Trump on Saturday, April 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Protesters form a human banner on Ocean Beach during a protest against President Donald Trump, part of the "Hands Off" rallies held nationwide, in San Francisco, Saturday, April 5, 2025./San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Protestors shout slogans as they take to the streets and march during a "Hands Off!" protest against President Donald Trump on Saturday, April 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Demonstrators carry signs during the "Hands Off!" protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk at the Washington Monument in Washington, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Demonstrators hold up signs during a "Hands Off!" protest against President Donald Trump at the Washington Monument in Washington, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Demonstrators hold signs during a "Hands Off!" protest against President Donald Trump in Portsmouth, N.H., Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
Activists protest President Donald Trump, who was a few miles away at his Trump National Golf Club, during a "Hands Off!" demonstration Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Activists protest President Donald Trump, who was a few miles away at his Trump National Golf Club, during a "Hands Off!" demonstration Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Demonstrators hold up signs during a "Hands Off!" protest against President Donald Trump at the Washington Monument in Washington, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
A demonstrator twirls a ribbon during a "Hands Off!" protest against President Donald Trump at the Washington Monument in Washington, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Pro-Palestinian protesters carrying a depiction of President Donald Trump gather at a rally before marching toward the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Activists protest President Donald Trump, who was a few miles away at his Trump National Golf Club, during a "Hands Off!" demonstration Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Demonstrators hold up signs during a "Hands Off!" protest against President Donald Trump at the Washington Monument in Washington, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Demonstrators hold up signs during a "Hands Off!" protest against President Donald Trump at the Washington Monument in Washington, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Civil rights demonstrators hold signs and speak to passing vehicles, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Rome, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Beth Maddox, of Calhoun, Ga., right, participates in a civil rights demonstrators, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Rome, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Greg McCollum, of Rome, Ga., participates in a civil rights demonstrators, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Rome, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
A U.S. flag flies during a civil rights demonstration, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Rome, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Civil rights demonstrators hold signs and speak to passing vehicles, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Rome, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
A man in a vehicle cheers as civil rights demonstrators hold signs and speak to passing vehicles, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Rome, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Civil rights demonstrators hold signs and speak to passing vehicles, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Rome, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Protesters carry signs and chant slogans against the policies of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Protesters carry signs and chant slogans against the policies of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Protesters carry signs and chant slogans against the policies of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Activists protest President Donald Trump, who was a few miles away at his Trump National Golf Club, during a "Hands Off!" demonstration Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Activists protest President Donald Trump, who was a few miles away at his Trump National Golf Club, during a "Hands Off!" demonstration Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Activists protest President Donald Trump, who was a few miles away at his Trump National Golf Club, during a "Hands Off!" demonstration Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Activists protest President Donald Trump, who was a few miles away at his Trump National Golf Club, during a "Hands Off!" demonstration Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Archer Moran, from Port St. Lucie, Fla., protests President Donald Trump, who was a few miles away at his Trump National Golf Club, during a "Hands Off!" demonstration Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Protesters carry signs and chant slogans against the policies of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
FILE - Protesters carry signs and chant slogans in protest to the policies of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk across from the Federal Building in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, Saturday, March 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
