Its Thursday, July 24 and the Orioles (44-57) are in Cleveland looking to avoid being swept by the Guardians (51-50). Charlie Morton is slated to take the mound for Baltimore against Logan Allen for Cleveland.

The Guardians went into the All-Star break hot, and they emerged the same way Friday night at Progressive Field. Slade Cecconi pitched into the ninth inning, and the Guardians struck hard and fast against lefty JP Sears on the way to a 8-6 win over the A’s.

The Cleveland Guardians open a series against the A's tonight. Follow along for live score updates, highlights and more from the game.

Johnathan Rodriguez hit his first home run in the majors, Slade Cecconi went a career-long 8 1/3 innings and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Athletics 8-6 on Friday night

Slade Cecconi tossed seven shutout innings and the Cleveland Guardians blanked the Athletics in the series finale June 22 in West Sacramento, Calif.