The ongoing saga of Cleveland and our shitty bats.
Kansas City has renovated their ballpark, so the dimensions are a bit smaller. It’s still a Hitter’s Park, though, with those deep corners.
Series Results
May 4 – May 7
GUARDIANS
2
SPLIT
ROYALS
2
It’s nice to see Petey Halpin up, he’s amazing in the field. His bat needs to wake up.
Speaking of bats… what the flying fuck is up with the pop ups? Everyone keeps trying to golf ball those balls up and out.
Our middle game pitchers also are having trouble. Not a good combo.
We seem to be thrown out less often going from third to home, but then again, we haven’t had as many people on third…
Game Results
Game 1 (36) – LOST
GUARDIANS
18 – 18
2
FINAL ☞
6
ROYALS
16 – 19
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 | 7 | 0 |
- It started out pretty good but man we collapsed.
- Bibee does not handle problems very well, he unraveled after a home run (and an error)
- We got hits, but couldn’t bring anyone home
- Our pitchers failed totally at stopping the running game.
Game 2 (37) – LOST
GUARDIANS
18-19
3
FINAL ☞
5
ROYALS
17-19
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| KC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 8 | 0 |
- The highlight I guess was Hoskins and a 3 run home run.
- Walks caught up with Big Rig Williams again. He handles those situations well, though. Very composed.
Game 3 (38) – WON
GUARDIANS
19-19
3
☜ FINAL
1
ROYALS
17-20
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| KC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
- Cantillo did pretty well. He needs to handle the stealing game better, but he did well with a bases loaded situation.
- Very nice double steal.
- Jose manufactured a run with a walk, a steal, and his usual hustle.
- Winning with a challenged pitch is really funny.
- Angel Martinez did a good job at leadoff. I adore Kwan, but he’s not been hitting well.
Game 4 (39) – WON
GUARDIANS
20-19
8
☜ FINAL
5
ROYALS
17-21
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 |
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
- Cecconi had some trouble, but worked out of it. His fastball velocity is down almost 3 ticks vs. last season (93.9 -> 91 mph, MLB avg: 94.2 mph).
- Can’t say the same of Brogdon.
- Bo Naylor got a solid home run.
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