After the Philadelphia Phillies snapped a seven game win streak, the Cleveland Guardians were looking to right the ship and get back in the win column.
Parker Messick got the start for the Guardians today, falling one out shy of a quality start. Messick went 5.2 innings of shutout baseball, allowing 5 hits and 2 walks and striking out 6 batters on 91 pitches.
The game was looking to be another pitching matchup with Painter pitching well for the Phillies and Parker doing great for Cleveland. However,
the Guardians were able to strike first on the Philly starter, even if it took until the top of the fifth to do so.
With one out, Daniel Schneemann drew a walk to get on base. David Fry and Steven Kwan hit back-to-back singles to score Schneemann.
In the top of the sixth, the Guards tacked on another run to put them up 2-0 on the Phillies. Chase DeLauter drew a two-out walk and scored when Rhys Hoskins hit a RBI double.
Colin Holderman replaces Parker Messick with two outs and a runner on in the bottom of the sixth. He got out of the inning and handed things over to Tim Herrin for the bottom of the seventh. Herrin gave up a lead off triple to Brandon Marsh. Petey Halpin, having just been brought into the game, made a great attempt at getting the ball. He ran it down and got the tip of his glove on it, but ultimately was not able to make the catch. Trea Turner drew a walk and advanced to second on a wild pitch. After getting the next two lefties out, but allowing a run on a sac fly, Vogt went to Hunter Gaddis to retire the side.
Travis Bazzana, who was 3-for-4 on the night, gave Cleveland a much needed insurance run with a no-doubter solo home run.
Gaddis went 1-2-3 in the bottom of the eighth with two strikeouts, leaving it to Cade Smith to close out the game. Cade go two groundouts and struck out the third batter to book it on the Phillies for another series win. In the three game series, both teams only scored four runs. This was a positive series, even with the loss, as it showed that this team can hold their own against some phenomenal pitching while throwing absolute gems themselves.
