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Johnathan Rodríguez hit his first home run in the majors, Slade Cecconi went a career-long 8 1/3 innings and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Athletics 8-6 on Friday night.

The Guardians went into the All-Star break hot, and they emerged the same way Friday night at Progressive Field. Slade Cecconi pitched into the ninth inning, and the Guardians struck hard and fast against lefty JP Sears on the way to a 8-6 win over the A’s.

CLEVELAND — Major League Baseball and the player’s association have agreed to extend Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz’s paid administrative leave through Aug. 31 “while MLB continues its investigation,” the league announced Friday.

The investigation is related to in-game prop bets on two pitches thrown by Ortiz that received higher activity than usual during two starts last month.

On July 3 MLB announced that Ortiz in agreement with the MLB Players Association was being placed on a non-disciplinary leave of absence through the All-Star break while it investigated him. It was later confirmed by league sources that Ortiz was being investigated for his alleged involvement in gambling while he was pitching for the Guardians.