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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cleveland manager Terry Francona couldn't contain his smile after his Guardians defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 in 10 innings Friday night.

The Guardians had only one hit after the fourth inning and what could have been two potentially-fatal errors, but they also got clutch pitching from their bullpen and a couple of heads up plays on defense for their season-best fifth straight win.

“That was one of the funner games,” Francona said. “It’s good when you win, but I mean we went to guys in situations where we haven’t. I’m really excited for those guys.”

After Anthony Gose escaped a jam in the ninth inning, Richie Palacios hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the 10th to score Owen Miller, who began the inning as the automatic runner.

Zach Plesac had another quality start for Cleveland, allowing one run in six innings, but the bullpen of Sam Hentges, Trevor Stephan, Gose and Enyel De Los Santos shut out the Dodgers over the final four frames.

“Them doing it in this environment is something that they’ll be able to draw off of probably for the rest of their careers. I think it’s that big of a deal, especially with this lineup. So it was pretty cool night,” catcher Luke Maile said.

Andrés Giménez had two hits and José Ramirez hit safely in his ninth straight game, helping Cleveland win despite having just one hit after the fourth inning.

Cody Bellinger homered and Trea Turner had three hits for the Dodgers to extend his hitting streak to 10 games.

Bellinger beat the shift to lead off the ninth with a single to left off Trevor Stephan, then stole second. After Chris Taylor struck out, Bellinger moved to third when Oscar Gonzalez dropped a routine fly ball from Hanser Alberto.

Bellinger was unable to score after Gose struck out Gavin Lux and Gonzalez...