Kwan Lifts Guardians to 7th Straight Win

Steven Kwan hit a tying double in the ninth inning as the Cleveland Guardians rallied past the Los Angeles Angels 4-3 on Wednesday in Anaheim for their seventh straight win. Travis Bazzana followed with a sacrifice fly. The Associated Press, ESPN, and Cleveland19 all confirmed the same finish. Cleveland completed a three-game sweep and a 6-0 road trip through Colorado and Anaheim, improving to 68-66.

Petey Halpin ran for Chase DeLauter and moved to second on Brayan Rocchio's single. Kwan ripped a ground-rule double to right that scored Halpin and sent Rocchio to third. Bazzana's fly to right scored Rocchio. The ball hopping the fence may have cost Kwan a walk-off RBI. He still flipped a 3-2 game. "Saying that out loud feels pretty good," Kwan said of the 6-0 trip. "Just got some good momentum right now. We got to keep that rolling."

What was the Guardians vs Angels final score?

Cleveland 4, Los Angeles 3. The Angels scored three times in the first two innings off Joey Cantillo (Zach Neto, a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch, a Mike Trout sacrifice fly) and then went quiet. Hunter Gaddis (2-3) retired the last two batters in the eighth for the win. Erik Sabrowski worked a scoreless ninth for his second major league save and first since 2024, with closer Cade Smith unavailable. Ryan Watson (1-1) took the blown save and the loss.

Cleveland had already cut it to 3-1 in the fifth on Bazzana's first sacrifice fly and to 3-2 in the eighth when Bazzana bunted for a single and Nathaniel Lowe flared an RBI single. The Angels fell to 52-82 and dropped their 10th game this season when leading after eight innings. The Guardians sit 2.5 games behind the White Sox in the AL Central, per Baseball-Reference's Wednesday table.

How long is the Guardians winning streak?

Seven games, plus a perfect 6-0 road trip. Kwan had five hits in Tuesday's 8-6 win, then the ninth-inning double on Wednesday. He and Bazzana are Oregon State "Beaver brothers." Kwan said he had to look out for his college teammate. The search bar does not care about the nickname. It wants Guardians win streak, Kwan Angels, Guardians vs Angels score. That is what Wednesday delivered.

Cleveland opens a nine-game homestand Friday against the Kansas City Royals, who just rode a nine-game heater of their own. Two streaks in one series is a September preview in late August. The Guardians were sliding toward the fringe of the race a few weeks ago. Seven in a row changes the math, not the schedule. They still have to keep it rolling, as Kwan said.

Sabrowski froze Travis d'Arnaud and got Oswald Peraza to pop up with a runner on second. Three-game sweep. Perfect trip. Seventh straight. Write it down before the next loss tries to edit it.

Kwan Guardians win streak FAQ

What was the Guardians vs Angels final score? Cleveland won 4-3 in Anaheim.

How many games have the Guardians won in a row? Seven, and they finished a 6-0 road trip.

What did Steven Kwan do? A ninth-inning ground-rule double that tied the game at 3-3.