{"id":169750,"date":"2026-10-13T10:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T14:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/jose-ramirez-leads-guardians-to-victory-in-the-alcs\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T10:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T14:15:08","slug":"jose-ramirez-leads-guardians-to-victory-in-the-alcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/jose-ramirez-leads-guardians-to-victory-in-the-alcs\/","title":{"rendered":"Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez leads Guardians to victory in the ALCS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez leads the Guardians at the start of the Championship Series<\/h2>\n\n<p>The stellar Dominican third baseman, Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez, once again solidified himself as the offensive pillar of the Cleveland Guardians by leading the 7-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Rays in the first game of the American League Championship Series. With this result, the visiting team takes a crucial 1-0 lead in the series, demonstrating their ability to react after being at a disadvantage in the early innings.<\/p>\n\n<p>Ram\u00edrez had a stellar day by hitting three hits in five at-bats, contributing two runs scored and one RBI, which was decisive in overcoming the score and taking control of the game.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A sweet moment in the postseason<\/h2>\n\n<p>After a complicated start to the postseason, the player from Ban\u00ed has regained his best form, becoming the team&#8217;s offensive engine. In his last four appearances, he has recorded an impressive 12-6 mark with two home runs, including that decisive hit that proved key to advancing in the Division Series.<\/p>\n\n<p>His current statistics in the six games of these playoffs are a reflection of his dominance on the diamond:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Batting average: .348<\/li><li>On-base percentage (OBP): .444<\/li><li>Slugging: .739<\/li><li>OPS: 1.183<\/li><li>Runs batted in (RBI): 8<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>He has an innate ability to get on base. And when he does, he makes things happen.<\/p><cite>Stephen Vogt, Guardians manager<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Road to the World Series<\/h2>\n\n<p>Manager Stephen Vogt did not spare praise for his star player, highlighting how Ram\u00edrez&#8217;s presence on the bases positively alters the flow of the game. With eight postseason appearances wearing the Cleveland jersey, the Dominican reaffirms himself as the undisputed face of a franchise looking to return to the Fall Classic for the first time since 2016.<\/p>\n\n<p>Currently, the Guardians have four consecutive postseason victories, moving within just three wins of reaching the World Series, backed by timely offense and pitching that has managed to stay calm under pressure.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez leads the Guardians at the start of the Championship Series The stellar Dominican third baseman, Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez, once again solidified himself as the offensive pillar of the Cleveland Guardians by leading the 7-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Rays in the first game of the American League Championship Series. With this result, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[2004,327,2005,344],"class_list":{"0":"post-169750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-cleveland","9":"tag-guardians","10":"tag-jose-ramirez","11":"tag-mlb"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}