CLEVELAND — All of the offense the Cleveland Guardians generated in a single bound was too much for the Cardinals to match despite chance after chance after chance.
The Cardinals got the tying run at least to the plate in each of the final four innings Friday night at Progressive Field and all they mustered was a couple of sacrifice flies. That was enough to push Shane Bieber from the game but not enough to take advantage of the opportunities he or the Guardians’ bullpen left scattered through the final innings of a 4-3 loss.
In the sixth, the potential tying did not get out of the batter’s box.