Overview
- Ramírez recorded his 1,000th career RBI with a sixth-inning solo homer in the Guardians’ 5-3 comeback win on Friday at Progressive Field.
- He became only the second player in Cleveland franchise history to reach 1,000 RBIs and is the 12th active major leaguer with that total.
- Ramírez reached the mark while playing through the lingering effects of left hamate surgery that cost him about five weeks and produced below-normal offensive numbers this season.
- Cleveland built on the momentum the next night with a 12-6 win in which Angel Martínez homered from both sides of the plate, leaving the Guardians one game ahead of the White Sox in the division.
- With Chicago holding the season-series tiebreaker, Cleveland must finish with more wins to secure the division, making the Guardians’ final games of the regular season decisive for their postseason path.