With 11 extra-base hits since July 6, Angel Martinez is showing how a little patience and a lot of hard work can finally pay off at the plate.

The Guardians and Orioles open a four-game homestand July 21 at Progressive Field. Follow along here for live updates and highlights.

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

The Guardians jumped in front with a pair of early runs and Gavin Williams recorded 11 strikeouts in seven innings.

David Fry had a career-high four RBIs, Gavin Williams struck out 11 and the Cleveland Guardians defeated the Athletics 8-2 to take the weekend series.

The Guardians hope to take the series against the Athletics with Steven Kwan still sidelined. Follow along here for updates.

Cleveland is 21-24 at home and 47-50 overall. The Guardians are 30-9 in games when they out-hit their opponents. The Athletics have a 42-58 record overall and a 22-27 record on the road. The Athletics have the sixth-best team slugging percentage in MLB play at .422.

MLB’s Cleveland Guardians and the NFL’s Washington Commanders have both indicated they have no plans to go back to names that were abandoned in the aftermath of a reckoning over racial injustice, iconography and racism in the U.

If the Guardians decide to sell at the trade deadline, Steven Kwan would have plenty of suitors. The New York Mets would be very close to the top of that list.