Brayan Rocchio opened the inning with a double. Austin Hedges moved him to third with a bunt and Kwan unloaded on a 2-2 curveball for his ninth homer of the season and a 6-2 lead. The homer was the longest of Kwan’s career and his third in the last three games. It must mean his strained right wrist is starting to feel better.

Jonathan India hit a three-run walk-off homer in the 10th inning against Cleveland closer Emmanuel Clase and the Kansas City Royals beat the visiting Guardians 5-3 in the first game of a split doubleheader on Saturday.

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The Cleveland Guardians are quite a mystery heading into the MLB trade deadline, as no one seems to know whether they will buy, sell or possibly even do nothing

In the wild card race, the Guardians are 2 1/2 games out of the third and final spot. The Red Sox currently occupy that position by a half game over Texas and 1 1/2 games over Tampa Bay. Yes, the Guardians are still third in line, but at one point during their free fall there were five teams ahead of them in the chase for the last postseason spot.

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The Guardians looked like they might be sellers after a 10-game skid but an 11-2 stretch has them back into the Wild Card race. So are they a buyer?

That includes Texas A&M outfielder Jace LaViolette, their first-round pick. The 6-6, 230-pound LaViolette, who just underwent hand surgery, received a $4 million signing bonus, which was above his slot value of $3.38 million. The Guardians selected him with the 27th pick in the first round.