This is going to be a much cheerier recap than my last one, for obvious reasons. Feels like the Guardians haven’t played many truly well-rounded complete games recently, and tonight was a sterling example of what that looks like for this iteration of the club. Great starting pitching which, in turn, limits the amount of damage the middle/non-Cade relievers can do, and just enough offense.
Guardians got the scoring started with a 2-out rally (kinda) in the 2nd. Hoskins hit a leadoff double, which was
promptly followed by back-to-back flyouts — neither of which advanced him to 3rd. But, as you might expect, Bailey drove in Hoskins with an RBI single and Rocchio drove in Bailey with an RBI triple (why not?).
The Tigers fought right back in the 3rd with a James Outman (who, if you missed it, was picked up by the Tigers yesterday) solo homer.
It was pretty quiet until the 6th, when Kwan drove in Angel with an RBI single (Angel doubled).
Bibee was through 7 and came out for the 8th, but gave up a solo homer to Torkelson. He was pulled after that. His final line was 7+ IP 2H 2ER 8K 2BB.
Flaherty, who started for the Tigers, was pulled after the 3rd. He had an awkward tumble in the 2nd, but came back out in new cleats for the 3rd. He seems to have been pulled due to some foot/lower leg injury.
Gaddis pitched a scoreless 8th, and Cade slammed the door in the 9th.
Cantillo vs. Skubal tomorrow!
