DENVER (AP) — Chase DeLauter had two triples and drove in two runs, Jo Adell had two RBIs and the Cleveland Guardians rolled past the Colorado Rockies 7-2 on Sunday to finish a sweep of their three-game series.
The win was the fourth in a row and sixth in the past eight games for the Guardians, who remain tied with the Texas Rangers for the American League’s third and final wild-card spot.
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Cleveland Guardians' Brayan Rocchio, right, steals second base as Colorado Rockies shortstop Ezequiel Tovar, left, applies a late tag in the second inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Foster Griffin works against the Colorado Rockies in the second inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Cleveland Guardians' Jo Adell connects for an RBI single off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano in the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Cleveland Guardians' Chase DeLauter, right, watches his RBI triple with Colorado Rockies catcher Brett Sullivan, left, in the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Foster Griffin (15-4) allowed two earned runs in five innings. It was his fourth start since being traded to Cleveland on Aug. 3, and his first against the Rockies.
Adell has 17 RBIs in his first 17 games with the Guardians since being acquired from the Los Angeles Angels at the trade deadline. With three hits, DeLauter improved his batting average in August to .348.
Adell, Steven Kwan, Angel Martínez and Austin Hedges finished with two hits apiece for Cleveland.
The Rockies’ loss was their sixth in a row, tied for their longest skid of the season, and extended their home losing streak to nine games.
Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7) took the loss after giving up five earned runs and nine hits in just three innings. It was tied for the shortest outing in the majors for the 36-year-old right-hander, who had made it to at least the fifth inning in his previous 22 starts this season.
Guardians: LHP Parker Messick (9-8, 2.54 ERA) and Cleveland will take on RHP George Klassen (2-1, 3.74) and the host Los Angeles Angels on Monday.
Rockies: RHP Ryan Feltner (5-7, 5.97) and visiting Colorado will face off against RHP Cade Cavalli (11-5, 3.22) and the Washington Nationals on Monday.
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Cleveland Guardians' Brayan Rocchio, right, steals second base as Colorado Rockies shortstop Ezequiel Tovar, left, applies a late tag in the second inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Foster Griffin works against the Colorado Rockies in the second inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Cleveland Guardians' Jo Adell connects for an RBI single off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano in the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Cleveland Guardians' Chase DeLauter, right, watches his RBI triple with Colorado Rockies catcher Brett Sullivan, left, in the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
A fast-growing wildfire destroying homes in northwest Reno, Nevada, on Sunday was human-caused and uncontained, authorities said, as they encouraged some 90,000 people to evacuate. At least six people were injured.
The Hawk Fire began Saturday and quickly grew to 20 square miles (53 sq. km.) as it spread across the Peavine Peak area of the Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest, where rugged foothills are ringed by homes and businesses near the California state line.
The fire moved exceptionally fast Saturday night, jumping over fire trucks and making it difficult for responders to get to hotspots while residents were trying to get out, Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam said.
“It was extremely confusing,” the sheriff said, describing how changing winds sent the flames in different directions.
Several structures were destroyed and the injured included three civilians and three first responders, officials said. They did not provide additional details on how the fire was started, saying it was under investigation.
Some 42,000 residents have been ordered evacuated as the “GO NOW” zone expanded, reaching the edge of the University of Nevada. An additional 45,000 people were in the adjacent evacuation warning zone. Authorities implored all of them to leave and be prepared to stay away for several days, because shifting and strengthening winds were expected to make the fire even more unpredictable.
“Please get out if you can right now,” the sheriff said.
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo declared a state of emergency in Washoe County and mobilized the Nevada National Guard to support aerial firefighting with two helicopter crews as well as 60 troops to help police safeguard evacuated neighborhoods. Also responding were 800 fire personnel.
Nearly 10,000 customers were without power in Washoe County on Sunday, down from 60,000 on Saturday. Portions of U.S. Route 395, a major north-south highway, were closed due to the fire. Reno, with more than 280,000 residents, is the largest city in Nevada outside of metro Las Vegas.
Washoe County emergency officials opened the Reno-Sparks Convention Center to evacuees, but said they couldn’t bring their pets — small animals and large animals were to be left at two other locations. Casinos in Reno offered discounts on hotel rooms to evacuees.
Cari Kieffer said a video posted on social media showed her house entirely burned down, with only a scorched basketball hoop still standing.
“I woke up this morning and just started crying — all my kids, they lost everything,” Kieffer said Sunday. “We lost all our stuff. Everything we own is gone.”
Kieffer had been watching her son’s football game Saturday when she learned that their home on the outskirts of Reno was in the evacuation zone. An application the family used to track the fire’s progress had been lagging significantly behind its actual location, she said, so they thought firefighters had kept the blaze from their neighborhood.
Instead, Kieffer, her husband and their four children ages 3 to 16 raced to save their dogs and whatever possessions they could retrieve. Ash rained down, and the wind blew like an oven blast from a wall of flames advancing down the hillside toward their neighborhood, she said.
“I kept looking outside and the flames just kept getting closer and closer every time I looked,” Kieffer said. “I was like, we gotta go like now.”
Eyes watering and throat burning, Kieffer grabbed a handful of clothes, a Bible, her wedding photos and her mother’s ashes. In the frenzy, as firefighters yelled at her family to leave immediately, she said she forgot her family’s birth certificates and was unable to salvage her childhood photos.
The family drove to a friend’s home but had to evacuate again. They learned later Saturday evening that their own home was gone.
Jaida Hargrove’s grandfather, Rick Arrate, lived alone on Peavine Mountain, which overlooks Reno and Sparks. Firefighters used a bulldozer, cut down trees and applied fire retardant in their attempt to contain the flames, Hargrove said.
“They all thought it would be OK,” she said. “And then, in about 30 minutes, the winds just changed and it came way too fast.”
Arrate and the firefighters were quickly forced off the mountain. “All he was able to take with him was his two golden retrievers,” Hargrove said.
Arrate spent Saturday night with Hargrove’s parents, his next steps unknown.
Separate GoFundMe crowdfunding campaigns were set up to assist Arrate and the Kieffer family.
The fire was so small Saturday morning that it wasn’t even a concern, said Tyler Duvall, who went camping over the weekend. By the next day, his house was in the evacuation zone.
“The wind really blew it up,” Duvall said.
On Saturday alone, 15 new fires popped up across Nevada. Months of dry weather and a record lack of snow this past winter across the American West have created prime fire conditions. Earlier this month, wildfires in eastern Washington state forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area, while three wildfires north of Reno forced more than 13,000 residents from their homes.
Retired police officer and firefighter Ted Melden has seen his share of Mother Nature’s fury since moving to Reno with his wife earlier this month from Chapin, South Carolina. So far, he has experienced a hailstorm with flash flooding, two different power outages and, now, the second wildfire incident in the region in two weeks.
“Just another natural disaster,” Melden said.
In the two years he lived in South Carolina, Melden said Hurricane Helene knocked over trees in his yard, while a tornado did some damage in his neighborhood.
For now, Melden hasn’t been ordered to leave his home, but he has his bags packed just in case.
“You just have to roll with the flow and be ready,” he said.
David Barb returned from a weekend hunting trip to find the fire had leveled his taxidermy shop, but his house nearby appeared to have been spared thanks to workers with a landscaping company who cut a fire break, he said. His wife was home when the fire started on the other side of the mountain and later evacuated to a friend’s house.
“I’m kind of devastated, but thank God everyone’s safe,” he said Sunday.
The University of Nevada, where many of the 20,000 undergraduates moved into their housing this weekend, was just outside the evacuation zone Sunday.
Two hospitals evacuated patients and the sheriff said his office was keeping a close watch on whether to evacuate the county jail.
Raby reported from Charleston, West Virginia, Brook from New Orleans and Seewer from Toledo, Ohio.
Smoke billows in the distance as a wildfire in Reno, Nev., destroyed homes and caused thousands to evacuate their homes, Sunday, August 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)
Smoke billows in the distance as a wildfire burns in Reno, Nev., Sunday, August 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)
