You wouldn’t know it looking at the final score, but things were looking bleak for the Guardians in their first of two games today. Sure, they started the first three innings with lead-off singles, but every opportunity was squandered — twice by José Ramírez pop flys.
And when Triston McKenzie failed to field a comebacker in the fourth inning and ended up giving his first run of July, this had the feeling of a painful, low-scoring loss. Luckily, response runs in the top of the fifth and a volley of singles in the top of the ninth made this a much more pleasant experience.