Daniel Schneemann hit a three-run home run, the Cleveland bullpen did a masterful job for a second straight game and the visiting Guardians made it two in a row over the San Francisco Giants with a 4-2 victory on June 18.
Logan Allen (5-4) allowed two runs in 5⅓ innings, helping the Guardians keep veteran Justin Verlander winless for the season and Rafael Devers without a victory in a Giants uniform.
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After Jose Ramirez’s run-scoring single in the first gave Cleveland a lead, Schneemann took Verlander deep for his eighth homer of the season and a 4-0 advantage in the fourth. The blast scored Carlos Santana, who had reached base on an error, and Lane Thomas, who had singled.
Allen took a two-hit shutout two outs into the fifth before Heliot Ramos followed a Patrick Bailey single with his 12th home run of the year, cutting the Giants’ deficit in half.
Allen turned the ball over to the Cleveland bullpen one out into the sixth, then watched Matt Festa, Cade Smith, Tim Herrin and Emmanuel Clase put up zeros the rest of the way. The Giants got only two hits against the quartet, the first coming when Willy Adames led off the eighth with a bloop single.
Herrin escaped that inning without creating a mess, retiring Devers and Wilmer Flores on flyballs and Casey Schmitt on a foul pop fly.
Cleveland Guardians’ Daniel Schneemann, right, celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the San Francisco Giants on June 18, 2025, San Francisco, California.
Clase served up a two-out single to Mike Yastrzemski in the ninth before striking out Bailey to secure his 16th save.
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Allen permitted four hits and two walks while striking out four.
Devers, acquired Sunday in a trade with the Boston Red Sox, finished 0-for-3 with a walk. He had two hits in his San Francisco debut on Tuesday in Cleveland’s 3-2 win.
Cleveland Guardians pitcher Logan Allen (26) throws a pitch against the San Francisco Giants on June 18, 2025, San Francisco, California.
After having been reinstated from the injured list earlier in the day, Verlander (0-4) worked 4⅔ innings and allowed four runs (three earned) and seven hits. He walked one and struck out six.
Returning to the mound exactly one month after experiencing soreness in his right pectoral, Verlander remains winless in 11 starts for the Giants.
Kyle Manzardo doubled twice and Schneemann wound up with two hits for the Guardians, who outhit the Giants 7-6. Cleveland will aim to sweep the three-game series on Thursday.
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Bailey and Yastrzemski had two hits apiece for the Giants, who have lost four in a row.
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Logan Allen, bullpen help Guardians top Giants for second straight win
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