News and Notes: Guardians Get Game One

The Guardians got to Tyler Holton, excellent lefty reliever for the Tigers, in the first inning and Lane Thomas hit a three-run homer off of Reese Olson, leading to a 7-0 shutout win also featuring excellent pitching from Tanner Bibee and the insane Cleveland bullpen.

Matt Seese will have a full recap for you today but for now enjoy seeing someone try to hit an Emmanuel Clase cutter with shadows creeping in:

Emmanuel Clase, Flaming (and bat slicing) Cutters. pic.twitter.com/0xUCX2pgOg

— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) October 5, 2024 Oh, and Smith “Cade” the side:

The Athletic’s Zack Meisel wrote a great recap on the game. MLB.com’s Mandy Bell’s recap was also very good. Paul Hoynes also wrote a…