Let's Go Tribe · Apr 1, 2025
Game Recap: Padres 7, Guardians 2
The Guardians dropped the opener of a three-game series in San Diego 7-2, as Luis Ortiz faltered and the Guardians couldn’t take advantage of several run-scoring opportunities.
The basic outline of the game is fairly simple to describe - Ortiz had a horrible 2nd inning in pouring rain and then fell apart in the fifth at the end of his outing. Meanwhile, the Guardians couldn’t get a big hit when they needed to and ran themselves out of a 1st and 2nd with no outs opportunity in the fifth with a silly double-steal attempt that resulted in two outs on the base paths. So, with that said, let’s focus on some positives and negatives from the game, as we are so early in the season:
Positives: