Rookie Travis Bazzana’s career night leads Guardians to 8-1 win over Astros

HOUSTON (AP) — Rookie Travis Bazzana set career highs with four hits, two homers, five RBIs and three runs scored Saturday night, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Houston Astros 8-1.

Kyle Manzardo hit a two-run homer in the third inning to break a 1-1 tie, and tacked on an RBI single in the seventh.

Bazzana took Spencer Arrighetti deep on the first pitch of the game for his second leadoff homer, singled in the third inning and then hit a three-run homer off Arrighetti in the fifth. Bazzana added an RBI single in the seventh.

The first overall pick in the 2024 draft, who made his Major League debut April 28, is the second Guardians’ rookie to record a four-hit game and a two-homer game this season. Chase DeLauter hit two home runs at Seattle on March 26 and had four hits against the Athletics on May 1.

Patrick Bailey added three hits and two runs scored for the Guardians.

Joey Cantillo (6-3) pitched a career-high tying eight innings and allowed one run and four hits while matching a season high with nine strikeouts. The 26-year-old left-hander gave up one hit after the second inning.

Arrighetti (7-3) allowed a season-high six runs and six hits over six innings with eight strikeouts. He has a 6.95 ERA over his last four starts after posting a 1.34 ERA in his first eight starts this season.

Houston’s Yordan Alvarez went 0 for 3 and his on-base streak ended at 25 games.

Astros RHP Kai-Wei Teng (3-6, 4.31 ERA) faces Guardians RHP Slade Cecconi (3-5, 4.60) when the series concludes on Sunday.

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Cleveland Guardians left fielder Steven Kwan, right fielder Kahlil Watson and center fielder Petey Halpin celebrate after a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Saturday, June 20, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Kevin M. Cox)

Cleveland Guardians third baseman Daniel Schneemann fields a ground ball hit by Houston Astros' Cam Smith during the fourth inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 20, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Kevin M. Cox)

Cleveland Guardians second baseman Travis Bazzana, left, waits to tag out Houston Astros' Jose Altuve (27) who was trying to stretch a single into a double during the fourth inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 20, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Kevin M. Cox)

Cleveland Guardians' Travis Bazzana runs to first base after hitting an RBI single during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Saturday, June 20, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Kevin M. Cox)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber launched two long home runs in the Philadelphia Phillies' eight-run third inning against the New York Mets on Saturday night and Bryce Harper became the 11th player in franchise history to hit for the cycle.

Schwarber led off the Phillies' huge inning with a solo homer off Mets starter Freddy Peralta, sending the ball 456 feet into the second deck in right field.

Later in the inning, Schwarber hit a three-run shot off Cionel Perez into nearly the same spot, 457 feet away.

Schwarber is the 67th player in major league history to hit two home runs in an inning and the second this season, joining Houston’s Yordan Alvarez, who accomplished the feat on June 12. He's the fourth Phillies player to do so, along with Trea Turner (Aug. 19, 2023), Von Hayes (June 11, 1985) and Andy Seminick (June 2, 1949).

Schwarber hit his third homer of the game — giving him a major league-leading 28 — in the seventh, a two-run shot off Tobias Myers.

Harper finished his first career cycle by the fifth inning. He hit a solo home run in the first, his 16th of the season. He doubled and scored on an error in the third, then singled after Schwarber’s second home run.

In the fifth, he lined a ball into the gap in left-center field and motored around to third base for a two-run triple. He's the first Phillies player to hit for the cycle since Weston Wilson on Aug. 15, 2024.

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Philadelphia Phillies' Bryce Harper reacts to hitting a triple for the cycle during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Saturday, June 20, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

Philadelphia Phillies' Kyle Schwarber, center, celebrates his three-run home run and his second of the inning with teammates during the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Saturday, June 20, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

Philadelphia Phillies' Kyle Schwarber, front right, celebrates after his home run with Bryce Harper (3) during the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Saturday, June 20, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)