Federal prosecutors have charged two Cleveland Guardians pitchers with allegedly rigging their pitches in a sports betting scheme that “betrayed America’s pastime,” U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. said Sunday.

Emmanuel Clase de la Cruz, 27, and Luis Leandro Ortiz Ribera, 26, allegedly worked with co-conspirators to place bets on their performance to rake in roughly $450,000 over two years, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York . The prosecutor’s office on Sunday released a previously sealed complaint against the two men accusing them of defrauding sports betting platforms.

“Integrity, honesty and fair play are part of the DNA of professional sports,” Nocella said. “When corruption infiltrates the sport, it brings disgrace not only to the particip

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