The Cleveland Guardians put up a white flag with their lineup tonight, and it went how exactly how you would expect. With the old brittle bones of Steven Kwan and Andrés Giménez unable to play two full games in a split doubleheader, it was up to everyone else (including a visibly injured José Ramírez) to battle the best team in baseball.
Let’s start with a positive, because the negatives were the majority of the game. Aaron Civale’s curveball looked great. Outside of one rough inning and being in the game for one inning too long, he looked like a guy who can keep his ERA under 4.