It had been nearly a year since Ranger Suárez pitched seven innings in a game, but after back-to-back strikeouts, one looking and one swinging, the left-hander completed his seventh and final inning on Saturday night in Cleveland in a 7-1 Phillies win.

Suárez struggled last Sunday, his first start of the season. He couldn’t get out of the fourth inning, allowing seven earned runs at home against the Diamondbacks. But he looked a lot more like his best self against the Guardians on Saturday, allowing just four hitters to turn into baserunners.

The 29-year-old was very effective with his pitches all evening. He only threw more than 14 pitches in an inning once; he fired 16 in the bottom of the seventh. Suárez had all his pitches working, finishing with 82 on the night. Suárez’s final line included no runs, three hits (all singles), one walk and five strikeouts.

The Phillies starter was done with his team ahead, 1-0. The offense tasked with supplying him run support was quiet against Guardians starter Tanner Bibee. The right-hander held the Phillies to one run on five hits in seven innings. The lone run Bibee surrendered came on a bloop single by Kyle Schwarber in the top of the fourth inning. The hit extended Schwarber’s on-base streak to 45 games.

The road team’s lineup finally got going in the top of the eighth. The Phillies sent 11 batters to the plate in the inning, scoring six runs on seven hits, all with two outs. A Trea Turner single got things going. Turner finished the game 2-for-5 with two runs, staying hot and extending his hit streak to nine games.

With Turner on first, the Guardians turned to left-handed reliever Joey Cantillo to face Bryce Harper. Harper entered Saturday in a deep slump, hitting .183 with a .548 OPS over his last 15 games and coming off a three-strikeout night on Friday. But Harper got hold of an inside fastball from Cantillo, homering to give his club a 3-0 lead. He finished the game 3-for-5 with the home run, plus a single and a double.

The floodgates opened following Harper’s home run. After back-to-back singles by Schwarber and Nick Castellanos, Max Kepler doubled, plating both on the play.

Brandon Marsh added to the Phillies’ lead with an RBI single. Edmundo Sosa did the same, capping off the Phillies’ six-run, two-out explosion in the eighth.

The Phillies are now 23-16 on the year, and will look to secure their fifth straight series win on Sunday night.