Athletics designated hitter Brent Rooker hit a major career milestone with his 100th career home run during Friday's game vs. the Guardians.

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians face the Athletics with a 1-0 series lead. Cleveland has a 47-49 record overall and a 21-23 record at home. The Guardians are 21-39 in games when they have given up a home run. The Athletics are 41-58 overall and 21-27 on the road. The Athletics have a 26-16 record in games when they scored five or more runs.

The British government has announced its support of London’s bid to host the 2029 athletics world championships.

The championships were last held in London in 2017 — five years after the Olympics and Paralympics came to the capital.

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

Guardians All-Star outfielder Steven Kwan was out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Athletics due to nagging right wrist soreness. Manager Stephen Vogt said Kwan's status is day-to-day and that he has been dealing with wrist issues for over a month.

The Cleveland Guardians opened the second half of season with a win. "This is a period of high significance and importance," GM Mike Chernoff said.

Name, Image and Likeness in college athletics may be in for significant changes due to a potential executive order from President Donald Trump.

Amidst all of the current changes in the sports landscape at both the high school and collegiate level, athletic departments in Marion County and across the state of West Virginia are attempting to adapt to the new reality.

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