Rays beat the Guardians 11-3 behind homers from Ryan Vilade and Richie Palacios

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Vilade and Richie Palacios hit home runs, Nick Fortes had four hits, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 11-3 on Friday night.

Shane McClanahan (9-6) allowed one run on two hits while striking out three and walking a pair in five innings. He improved to 7-1 in nine home starts this season. Chris Roycroft earned his first career save, allowing two runs on four hits in three innings.

Fortes tied a career high in hits, drove in a pair of runs and scored twice as he extended his hitting streak to five games, going 11 for 19 in that span.

Tampa Bay’s Nos. 4-9 hitters finished a combined 13 for 26 with 10 RBIs in the game.

Joey Cantillo (8-6) allowed five runs over 3 2/3 innings and Austin Hedges hit a two-run home run in the ninth for the Guardians. Cleveland has dropped three consecutive games.

Vilade hit his eighth home run of the season in the second to give Tampa Bay a 2-0 lead. Chase DeLauter and Brayan Rocchio doubled in the fourth to bring the Guardians to within one.

Tampa Bay broke the game open in the fourth as the first six batters reached base to stretch the lead to 5-1. Fortes came home on Junior Caminero's base hit and an error at the plate by Hedges in the sixth to make it 6-1 before Fortes finished his night at the plate with a double to bring in Ben Williamson in the seventh.

Chandler Simpson hit a sacrifice fly and Palacios capped the scoring for the Rays with a three-run home run in the eighth.

Cleveland will send RHP Tanner Bibee (4-9, 3.86 ERA) to the mound on Saturday against Tampa Bay RHP Nick Martinez (9-2, 2.59) for the second game of the three-game series.

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Cleveland Guardians pitcher Matt Festa delivers to the Tampa Bay Rays during the fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 24, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Tampa Bay Rays' Ryan Vilade, left, beats Cleveland Guardians third baseman Gabriel Arias to the base after a RBI single by Nick Fortes during the fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 24, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Cleveland Guardians center fielder Petey Halpin makes the catch on a fly out by Tampa Bay Rays' Chandler Simpson during the eighth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 24, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Tampa Bay Rays' Nick Fortes, right, scores ahead of the tag by Cleveland Guardians catcher Austin Hedges on an RBI single by Junior Caminero during the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 24, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Tampa Bay Rays' Richie Palacios drops his bat as he watches his three-run home run off Cleveland Guardians pitcher Hunter Gaddis during the eighth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 24, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

BERLIN (AP) — Drag queen Sister Daphne OSPI pushed aside her pink veil, fluttered her long purple eyelashes and raised her hands to bless the crowd at Berlin’s first drag march.

She was among the organizers of Friday afternoon's event, which served as the opening act for one of Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ celebrations. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected Saturday to join Berlin's pride parade, known in Germany as Christopher Street Day.

“Every step is a declaration, every kiss an act of revolution, every wig is a war cry,” she said as some 500 drag queens, drag kings and LGBTQ+ supporters cheered before marching and dancing through the city to the music of the Transophonix brass band.

The band played “Das lila Lied,” or “The Lavender Song,” an anthem of the gay rights movement from the 1920s, as performers in high heels, glittering dresses and flamboyant makeup passed the Reichstag parliament building and continued to the Brandenburg Gate.

“We’re combining protest and resistance with joy and celebration,” Sister Daphne said. "That’s what makes us so unique and that’s also what makes our demonstrations so popular.”

Berlin's annual Pride celebration commemorates the 1969 Stonewall rebellion in New York, which began after police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village.

Sister Daphne belongs to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an LGBTQ+ group made up mostly of people who dress flamboyantly as nuns. She said she was delighted that hundreds attended the march and that more and more joined as it moved through Berlin.

The organization was founded in San Francisco in 1979, and its German branch was established in 1991.

“Usually, we sisters are out and about in the nightlife scene, handing out safer-sex materials and collecting donations for people affected by HIV and AIDS, as well as for queer projects," Sister Daphne said. “Or we’re out at Pride parades, all over the country — across Germany, and sometimes even throughout Europe.”

On Friday, Sister Daphne had a wide smile on her face, which was painted white, as she raised her left fist in a gesture of protest and pride.

“It brings me incredible joy to get ready, put on my makeup and get into the right mindset,” she said. “I really enjoy being out and about the way I am.”

Sister Pia, left, Sister Daphne, second right, and Sister Clementia of the German chapter OSPI of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, SPI, pose in front of the German parliament building the Reichstag Building during the first Drag March on the eve of the Pride Parade in Berlin, Germany, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Sister Clementia of the German chapter, OSPI, of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, SPI, enjoy the sun prior to the first Berlin Drag March on the eve of the Pride March in Berlin, Germany, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

From left, Sister Pia, Sister Clementia and Sister Daphne of the German chapter OSPI of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, SPI, arrive at a train station for the first Berlin Drag March on the eve of the Pride March in Berlin, Germany, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Sisters Pia, left, Sister Daphne, second right, and Sister Clementia, right, of the German chapter OSPI of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, SPI, attend the first Berlin Drag March on the eve of the Pride March in Berlin, Germany, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Sister Daphne of the German chapter OSPI of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (SPI) attends the first Drag March on the eve of the Pride March in Berlin, Germany, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)