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Gavin Williams tallies 11 strikeouts in Game 2

Gavin Williams

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Gavin Williams recorded 11 strikeouts and allowed two runs over five innings against the White Sox in Game 2 of the ALDS on Monday.

Williams led the majors with 11 double-digit strikeout performances during the regular season and became the first Cleveland starter to accomplish the feat in a playoff setting since Bartolo Colon back in 2001. His 11 punchouts were one shy of the franchise record set by Charles Nagy back in 1996. He piled up 22 swinging strikes on 98 pitches, allowing just seven baserunners over five impressive frames. He looked like he was going to get in trouble when White Sox rookie sensation Munetaka Murakami smacked an RBI single in the fourth inning. However, he managed to get out of the frame without any further damage. He was charged with an additional run when Cleveland’s bullpen allowed an inherited runner to cross the plate in the sixth. He figures to get the ball for a decisive Game 5 matchup, if the series gets to that point.

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Gavin Williams allowed five hits and four runs with four walks and four strikeouts over 3 1/3 innings in a no-decision against the Royals on Friday.

Luckily bailed on by his lineup – and the Royals’ brutal relief pitching – Williams did not answer the bell in this pivotal start as a budding ace should. Gifted three runs over the first two innings, he immediately gave them all back and never found a rhythm. Of the 18 batters he faced, only nine saw a first pitch strike and Williams was forced to play catch-up all game. All in all, this was an ugly start and the Guardians hope Williams will be able to put it behind him before he takes the ball in the playoffs.
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CLE Starting Pitcher #32

Gavin Williams fanned nine in seven innings as the Guardians bested the A’s 1-0 on Sunday.

It’s Williams’ fifth scoreless start of the year, and he has two others in which he allowed just one unearned run. With nine strikeouts, he now leads the majors at 244, though surely not for long; he’s one ahead of Jacob Misiorowski, who starts tonight. Williams is in line to make his final start Saturday, but the Guardians could tweak things based on how things are lining up for the playoffs. If the Guardians clinch the AL Central, then Williams could have a relatively normal start next weekend. However, if they fall into Wild Card position, then they would need Williams to start on Tuesday or Wednesday next week.
Gavin Williams

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Gavin Williams was charged with two runs — zero earned — over five innings in a loss to the White Sox on Monday.

Making his first start in eight days, Williams wriggled out of multiple jams, carrying an improbable shutout into the sixth inning before the White Sox finally broke through following his departure after a season-high 113 pitches. He finished with seven strikeouts, issued three walks and also hit a pair of batters. He’ll wrap up a two-start week with a favorable home outing against the Athletics on Sunday.
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Gavin Williams was scratched from Saturday’s start against the Twins.

The Guardians are giving Williams a few extra days of rest before facing the White Sox on Monday. It sets up a two-start week for fantasy managers next week that also includes a home matchup against the Athletics. However, it’s a tough development for them to stomach in the short-term as it leaves Williams without a start for this entire week. It’ll be Daniel Espino kicking off a bullpen game for Cleveland on Saturday afternoon.
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Gavin Williams allowed two runs in six innings and got a no-decision in the Guardians’ 3-2 victory over the Tigers on Sunday.

Williams gave up four hits, walked three and struck out 11. He has now struck out at least 11 batters in three of his last four starts. Williams will enter play Monday as MLB’s strikeout leader. He has a 3.78 ERA. Williams is lined up to face the Twins on the road next weekend.
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Gavin Williams allowed one run (none earned) in seven innings and got the win in the Guardians’ 6-1 victory over the Blue Jays on Tuesday.

Williams gave up two hits, walked one and struck out 13. He improved to 13-7 with the win. Williams bounced back with a gaudy strikeout total after he allowed five runs and didn’t even make it out of the second inning in his last start. He tied Dylan Cease with 217 for the second-most strikeouts this year. Williams has a 3.81 ERA. He’s lined up to face the Tigers at home on Sunday.
Gavin Williams

CLE Starting Pitcher #32

Gavin Williams went just 1 1/3 innings and was charged for five runs, but didn’t factor into Tuesday’s decision in a start versus the Angels.

In terms of following up his 11-strikeout effort against the Giants, Williams did not. He gave up six hits while getting just four outs, and two of those hits went over the fence. It’s a disappointing outing regardless of the situation, but after dominating for so much of that last outing against San Francisco, and then facing one of the worst teams in baseball, it just adds to said disappointment. He’ll get a chance to bounce back against the Blue Jays next week.
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Gavin Williams picked up his 12th victory of the season on Thursday, limiting the Giants to two runs on four hits across 5 2/3 frames.

Williams racked up an impressive 11 strikeouts on the afternoon while issuing a pair of free passes. The only damage done against him came on a two-run blast by Willy Adames in the fourth inning. The 27-year-old hurler generated 18 swings and misses on 96 pitches on the day — seven of those on his fastball — while posting a strong CSW of 36 percent. He’ll look to keep the good times rolling as he carries a 3.72 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and a 201/48 K/BB ratio (154 2/3 innings) into Tuesday’s battle against the Angels in Los Angeles.
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Gavin Williams allowed seven hits, four walks, and five runs with five strikeouts over 4 1/3 innings in a loss to the Padres on Friday.

Williams was in trouble from the get-go in this start. The Padres put runners on the corners in each of the first two innings, but he found a way to wriggle out of each jam. Then, Xander Bogaerts finally got his squad on the board in the fourth when he launched a hanging sweeper from Williams for a two-run shot. Chaos followed in the fifth when Williams gave up a home run, two singles, and a walk to the first four batters and was pulled after a two-run double that came shortly thereafter. He struggled to command his fastball as that pitch had just a 39% zone rate and was forced to rely on his breaking stuff more than often. Knowing that, the Padres began to sit on those pitches and made him pay. One of the hottest pitchers in the league entering this start, let’s hope it’s merely a bump in the road. He’s scheduled to face the Giants at home next time out.
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Gavin Williams didn’t pick up a decision while allowing two runs over 5 2/3 innings against the White Sox on Saturday.

Williams allowed just three hits, and he blanked the White Sox until allowing a pair of runs in the sixth inning. He struck out seven, and 68-of-102 pitches landed for strikes in an outing that was impressive even with a less-than-spectacular ending. Williams has a respectable 3.55 ERA on the campaign, and he’ll be back on the bump Friday against the Padres.

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RHP Seth Martinez elected free agency.

Martinez was designated for assignment by the Red Sox in August. The 32-year-old has a 4.03 ERA in 145 MLB innings in his career, mostly spent with the Astros.
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INF Owen Miller elected free agency.

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LHP Bailey Falter elected free agency.

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Richie Palacios hit a two-run single to lift the Rays to a 5-2 win over the Yankees in Game 2 of the ALDS on Monday.

Palacios gave Tampa Bay a commanding four-run advantage by smacking a two-run single to center field off Yankees reliever Brent Headrick with two outs in the fifth inning. The Rays used a contact-oriented approach to neutralize New York’s ace Cam Schlittler, holding him to just a pair of strikeouts, before ultimately chasing him from the contest in the fifth. With the victory, Tampa Bay takes a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series and has a chance to punch their ticket to the ALCS during Game 3 at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday.
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Freddy Peralta allowed one run over 4 2/3 innings against the Yankees in Game 2 of the ALDS on Monday.

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Braden Montgomery delivered a go-ahead two-run double to propel the White Sox to a 4-3 win over the Guardians in Game 2 of the ALDS on Monday.

Montgomery put Chicago ahead for good by slicing an opposite-field double down the right-field line against Cleveland reliever Erik Sabrowski in the sixth inning. It was his lone hit in four at-bats, but it came at an opportune moment in the low-scoring affair at Progressive Field. The 23-year-old former first-round pick is just 3-for-15 to open the postseason. With the victory, the White Sox have a chance to punch their ticket to the ALCS when they host the Guardians for Game 3 at Rate Field on Wednesday night.
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José Ramírez went 0-for-3 in a Game 2 loss to the White Sox on Monday.

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