David Fry had a career-high four RBIs, Gavin Williams struck out 11 and the Cleveland Guardians defeated the Athletics 8-2 on Sunday to take the weekend series. Angel Martínez had three hits, including a home run to lead off the seventh inning, for the Guardians, who have won eight of 10 after a 10-game losing streak. Nick Kurtz had a pair of doubles for the Athletics, who have lost nine of their last 10 in Cleveland.

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

Former major league pitcher Jeff Bittiger, a scout for 22 years with the Athletics, died on Saturday morning, the team announced. He was 63. The organization did not disclose the cause of death. The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks, a pro independent league franchise for whom Bittiger was a longtime pitcher, coach and front office staffer, announced later Saturday that he died at his home in Pennsylvania “after a private battle with cancer.” “Bitt will be remembered for his determination on and off the field, his love for the game of baseball and the countless players he coached and helped to greater career success,” the North Dakota-based RedHawks said in a statement. “He's been battling cancer privately

As an area scout for the A’s, Bittiger signed right-hander Andrew Bailey, the AL Rookie of the Year in 2009, and he was part of the team’s professional scouting staff for the past decade.

Jose Ramirez belted his 19th home run of the season, but the Guardians offense again fell silent outside of that one swing in a loss to the A's.

Not every trade a Major League Baseball team makes is going to work out. The Boston Red Sox have been on both sides of that equation many times over. On the flip side, deals like the Mookie Betts and Chris Sale trades will hurt for quite some time. One under-the-radar trade flop the Red Sox made was shipping left-handed pitcher Jeffrey Springs to the Tampa Bay Rays in 2021.

The Guardians host the Athletics at Progressive Field on July 18 in the opening game of a three-game series coming out of the MLB all-star break. The Guardians swept a three-game series against the host Houston Astros from July 7-9 and won three out of four games versus the host Chicago White Sox from July 11-13 before the all-star break. The Guardians lost a game to the Toronto Blue Jays to start the streak that included three losses apiece to the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers.

Johnathan Rodríguez 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. David Fry also went deep and José Ramírez added a pair of extra-base hits to help the Guardians win for the seventh time in eight games following a 10-game losing streak. Athletics' All-Star Brent Rooker hit his 100th career home run.

Guardians All-Star outfielder Steven Kwan was out of the lineup for their July 18 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. Kwan left a May 28 game against the Los Angeles Dodgers due to wrist inflammation. After playing in in the All Star Game on July 15, Kwan met with doctors on July 16 and received an injection.

Having not pitched in MLB since 2021, this former Friar is calling it quits.

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

JP Sears to get the second half started for the A’s