Adell's Career-High 6 RBIs, 455-Foot Homer Power Guardians Past Giants

Jo Adell set a career high with six RBIs and hit a 455-foot, three-run homer in the first inning as the Cleveland Guardians defeated the San Francisco Giants 8-1 on Tuesday night.

Adell and José Ramírez each had three hits for Cleveland, which won for only the fifth time in 15 games this month.

Foster Griffin (14-4) became the fourth major league pitcher this season to reach at least 14 wins, allowing one run over six innings.

San Francisco's Bryce Eldridge homered for the second straight game, but the Giants have now lost five of their last six.

The game marked a bounce-back performance for Adell, who was batting .167 (7 for 42) since being acquired by the Guardians at the August 3 trade deadline.

Steven Kwan drew a leadoff walk and Ramírez singled before Adell connected on an elevated changeup from Giants starter Carson Whisenhunt (3-4) on a 2-2 count, sending it five rows from the top of the left-field bleachers for a 3-0 Cleveland lead. The 455-foot blast is the longest of Adell's seven-year career, surpassing a 454-foot homer he hit last year in Kansas City while with the Los Angeles Angels.

Adell extended Cleveland's lead to 5-1 in the second inning with a line single to center that drove in Kwan and Ramírez. He added another RBI single in the fourth.

Eldridge opened the second inning with a solo homer to center. San Francisco loaded the bases with one out in the third, but Andrew Knizner grounded into a double play.

Whisenhunt lasted four innings, allowing seven runs, six earned.

Home plate umpire Jordan Baker left the game before the top of the fifth inning due to concussion symptoms after being hit by a foul ball off his mask earlier in the game.

Cleveland left-hander Parker Messick (9-7, 2.59 ERA) is scheduled to make his seventh interleague start of the season, while San Francisco left-hander Matt Wilkinson, acquired from Cleveland in the Patrick Bailey trade, will make his major league debut.