Cleveland's Jose Ramirez Hits 3 Homers And Claims Another Piece Of Guardians History

Jose Ramirez blasted three homers and carried the Guardians to a victory Friday night. The veteran slugger claimed another place in Cleveland baseball history in the process.

Ramirez hit a solo homer in the first, a tying two-run shot in the fifth and another solo shot in the ninth inning of the Guardians' 8-6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels, ending Cleveland's three-game skid.

Ramirez's 26th career multi-homer game moved him even with Albert Belle and Jim Thome for the most multi-homer performances in the history of a franchise that began play in 1901. It was also the second three-homer game of Ramirez's career, which has been spent entirely with Cleveland.

"I appreciate these types of days," Ramirez said through an interpreter. "Sometimes it's hard to hit one, and then when you hit three, you just thank God for these type of games, and most importantly because we won."

Ramirez connected twice off Angels starter Jose Soriano, homering on two low breaking balls that looked quite similar - both on the way in to the plate and on the way out of right field.