That was a really tough loss for the Guardians. They had so many opportunities to win that game and they just could not do it. I look back at the bottom of the 10th, Chase DeLauter had a lineout with an expected batting average of .520. Then Daniel Schneeman lined out with an expected batting average of .670, then with two outs Travis Bazzana lined out to the left fielder with an expected batting average of .380. They had plenty of other opportunities to win this game, but this one hurts the most
considering all three of them put good swings on the ball and it hit hard with the winning run in scoring position. Sometimes the baseball gods just don’t want you to win the game.
There were some positive takeaways in this game. First and foremost being that Tanner Bibee easily had his best start of the season. That was great stuff from him, if he can continue to pitch anything close to that level for the rest of the season, The Guardians will be in good shape. Hunter Gaddis also had a clean inning of relief which is huge for this bullpen.
The offense in general got super unlucky in this game, we hit the ball hard plenty of times against Joe Ryan and got no results to show for it. I still feel good about this offense and this team overall. Game 3 against the Twins will be Sunday at 1:40 pm ET. It will be Gavin Williams vs Andrew Morris.
