The Guardians took the series against the Royals yesterday in a definitive 10-2 victory. Nick has the recap here if you weren’t able to catch the hitting spree. Today is an off day for the team as they travel to Georgia to face the Atlanta Braves in a three game weekend series starting tomorrow.
A couple of fun stats came out of yesterday’s game. With Cleveland’s victory, the Guardians continued a 13 year streak of beating the Royals at home in a rubber match. Rhys Hoskins became the first Cleveland first baseman
to record three doubles in a game since September 2005. Angel Martinez put up some great velo hitting as a left in yesterday’s game:
Hedgey has proven in four games why he’s worth the auto-renewed $4 million/year contract.
Yesterday marked the anniversary of Carlos Baerga’s historic inning:
Don’t look now, but the Guardians are leading the division AND have a positive run differential.
Around the League
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The Pittsburgh Pirates and Konner Griffin agree on a 9-year contract. It is being rumored that the extension is for $140 million.
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