💕 ● 2022 Guardians from game 1 -the game by game highlights ● your input welcome ●

[mjp28]

39 minutes ago, FairHooker11 said:

weather delays suck ... but this happened - https://www.si.com/mlb/guardians/news/what-the-guardians-about-the-james-karinchak-foreign-substance-check

Baldelli goes with some gamesmanship tactics (he swings and MISSES)

there should be a cost of some sort - at the games level, like a replay request - revoked if you challenge like he did,

and was wrong?

That was great !   . 

.......Credit to Karinchak, who usually has a wild presence on the mound, calmly walked to the umpire, complied with the check, and carried on after the umpire gave him the all-clear. 

As for Rocco on the other hand, it must be pretty embarrassing to challenge an opposing pitcher for cheating only to be wrong. .....   

Nice call Rocco.    Moving right along thank goodness the Guardians have future HOF manager Tito Francona.    

[mjp28]

~ Saturday ~        And only 24 games left and a 1½ game lead, 2½ over MIN.   I hope you're enjoying this.   

Game 138   CLE (71-65) at MIN (69-68) at  *7:15 pm.   McKenzie's numbers sure don't match his second half performance.

McKenzie (9-11) RHP #24  ERA  3.18  184 K    versus    Archer (2-7) RHP #17  ERA  4.47  83 K

■~~~>  ⚾   >~~~>  A big Game 2 of 3 coming up.  McKenzie is a key pitcher,  get him some runs.   Playoff baseball  !

....  Game on !   The earlier schedules had it FOX 7:45 things do change /  WHOA, CLE a 2R HR !  

....  CLE  5-0  top 6.  Looks like yesterday until it got real interesting.  Bottom 9 CLE 6-0 no sweat, right ?  Kwan absolutely stole a HR away in the 8th...on national FOX TV.  WEB GEM of the day.

.....✔️.....  CLE  6-4   FINAL !   WHAT AN INCREDIBLE 8th and 9th innings.   OMG, whew.

....  CLE  6 7 1   LOB  9    MIN  4 12 0   LOB 9   CLE had a shutout going, ended up Clase for out #27.

[mjp28]

~ Sunday  ~    Game 139.

.... ✔️...  CLE  4-1  FINAL!   Another quality start by Shane Beiber 

And CLE sweeps MIN on the road going to 73-65. .529  +2 over the CWS and +4.5 over MIN.  A 5-1 road trip.

The Guardians return home for 9 games starting   Monday 9/12 at  6:10 pm  versus the LAA.

So it's 9 at home, 6 away then 9 at home to end the 2022 season  with only  MONDAY 9/26 OFF until then.  Wow.

❤️    See you Monday  and  have a good Sunday evening .     GO GUARDIANS  !       

 

 

[mjp28]

~ Monday  ~ 

Game 139 - Mon Sep 12 - LAA (61-79) at CLE (75-68) at  6:10 pm.   Interesting pitching matchup. 

Plinkington (1-2)  LHP #45  ERA  3.99  41 K    versus   Detmers (5-5)  LHP #48  ERA  3.67  105 K

■~~~>    ⚾    >~~~>  Game 1 of 3.  They are all important now.   September playoff run baseball   ! 

....  CLE  4-2  top 5.  CLE playing small ball,  LAA a 2R HR.  Interesting pitching until it's BP time. 

....   4-4  now  top 5.  LAA another  2R HR, tie game.  

..... ✔️.....   CLE  5-4  FINAL !  Exciting 9th inning Clase in, 2 outs, 2 strikes and POW !  the ump gets a foul tip right into his mask.  Shook him up, couldn't finish with 2 strikes.  The other ump has to get his gear and get in. Clase warms a bit an 8 minute delay well strike 3 game over CLE W4. Some game.

So you never know what you will see at a game like tomorrow. at 6:10 pm.  Good evening  everyone.    

[FairHooker11]

addendum to Monday 9/12/22

another add on (if you will) this time featuring a red hot Tito Francona

over a 4 blind mice umpire crew! 

 

https://www.mlb.com/news/terry-francona-ejected-in-guardians-win-over-angels

 

[mjp28]

5 hours ago, FairHooker11 said:

addendum to Monday 9/12/22

another add on (if you will) this time featuring a red hot Tito Francona

over a 4 blind mice umpire crew! 

 

https://www.mlb.com/news/terry-francona-ejected-in-guardians-win-over-angels

 

I saw that Hedges interview after the game, I'm sure that feeling radiates through 100% of the team.   Also why Tito Francona is the best manager in MLB !

“Sometimes things don't go your way,” Guardians catcher Austin Hedges said, “and when you have a leader up top that has your back, those are the situations where you’ve got to go to war, and sometimes it doesn't look good. It's nice to know that he has our back and when things don't go our way, he's going to go stick up for us.”

[mjp28]

~ Tuesday  ~

Game 140 - Tue Sep 13 -  LAA (61-80) at CLE (74-65) at 6:10 pm.  Another interesting pitching matchup. 

J Suarez (6-6)  LHP #54  ERA  3.77  84 K     versus    Morris (0-1)  RHP #36  ERA 3.00  5 K

■~~~>  ⚾  >~~~>    Game  2 of 3.   What happened to LAA ?   And another September playoff game.  !  

Another  Guardians win  3-1.  Details to follow.   

See you Wednesday for the Game 3 getaway game  at  1:10 pm.    Good night everyone.      

[mjp28]

~ Wednesday  ~

Game 141 - Wed Sep 14 -  LAA (61-81)  at  CLE (75-65 W5)  at 1:10 pm.   Another interesting Game 3.

Sandoval (5-9)  LHP #43. ERA 2.98  131  K     versus    Quantrill (12-5) RHP #47  ERA  3.50. 158  K

■~~~>    ⚾    >~~~>  Going for another sweep !  Playing good September playoff baseball   !  

.......  3-3 bottom 7.   CLE OG HR then small ball again ties it up in 7th.  Keep scoring + the BP rules !

....  CLE  5-3. bottom  8.   Jose Ramirez a 2R HR and for RBI 111 ties Rocky Colavito.   Oh my. 

......✔️.....   CLE  5-3  FINAL !   Karinchak gets SV (2).  CLE  5 13 0   LOB  12   LAA  3 10 0   LOB  12

See you tomorrow   at 1:10 pm   against the CSX.   Attendance  14,588 today, more tomorrow  ?

Another sweep, highest +11 over .500 , magic Numbers down.  Good afternoon  everyone.        

[Dutch Oven]

It's getting to the point that if the G's can go .500, it will be tough for the Pale Hose or Twins to catch them.

But.... there's a decent amount of head-to-head matchups left. 

[mjp28]

16 hours ago, Dutch Oven said:

It's getting to the point that if the G's can go .500, it will be tough for the Pale Hose or Twins to catch them.

But.... there's a decent amount of head-to-head matchups left. 

Well this is the first time in 2022 that I can put up all of the games from today's game  9/15 until the last game 10/5.  It boils down to beating MIN and KC with the last 9 games at home  the last 6 versus lowly KC.  Not NYY, TOR, HOU, SEA but as I've said before..... "win against KC"...... and you can control your own destiny.   Even .500+ versus MIN would be nice.

Check it out for yourself.   Sometimes it's hard to be the top dog and everyone is chasing you.  One more 🔑 key in this Tito Francona.    

[mjp28]

~ Thursday,  make up game.  My brother Tom will be there behind the home dugout seating.  ~

Game 142 - Thu Sep 15 -  CSX (73-69 .514) at CLE (75-65 .536)  at 1:10 pm.  Some matchup !

Lynn (6-5)  RHP #33  ERA  4.07  107  K     versus    Gaddis  RHP #??  ERA  21.60  2 K.   

■~~~>  ⚾  >~~~>   A makeup game and rare two 1 pm games in a row.   Only 1 day off 9/26 until the playoffs.   September playoff baseball. !   

....  CSX  3-0. top 2.  CSX gets 2 HRs off of Gaddis after a 1-2-3 1st inning.   

.....  CSX. 6-1. top 5.   CSX now 6 runs on 5 HRs off of Gaddis....still in the game. 

....  CSX  7-1  still top 5.  Gaddis out, save the BP, they did. I'll have to ask my brother on this game.

....  CSX. 7-2  top 9.  A slow game.  CSX homerun Derby early vs Gaddis.  Bullpen was fine. MIN next.

...x,,,  CSX  7-2  final.  Like the old saying if you were going to lose one this is it.  Next 5 with MIN.

See you Friday   at 7:10  vs MIN  and  McKenzie to bounce back.  Good afternoon everyone.    

[mjp28]

~  Friday  ~

Game 143 - Fri Sep 16 -  MIN (74-67) at CLE (75-65) at 7:10 pm.  Tristan the best (10-11) pitcher in MLB.

Ober (1-2) RHP #16  ERA  4.01  29  K  -vs- Tristin McKenzie (10-11]  RHP #24  ERA  3.05  159  K

■~~~>   ⚾   >~~~>   Game 1 of 5  vs  a team chasing you.    It's September playoff baseball  !     

....  3-3  top 8.   CLE comes back in the 7th to tie it. Important Game 1 in September.  20,667 there. 

....   CLE  4-3  FINAL !  And wins season series vs MIN.  Another late inning win. Good game. 

See you Saturday for a day/night  1:10 and  7:10  pm  DH.  Interesting pitching and good night everyone.    

 

[mjp28]

OK everyone draw your own conclusions, only  77-66   -but-  one game at a time,  keep winning and good things might happen.       

 

[mjp28]

~ Saturday  day/night  DH  ~

♥︎ Game 144- Sat Sep 17/1 -  MIN (72-71) at CLE (77-66) at 1:10 pm.   I like Game 1 Beiber vs  (0-0) ?

Louis Varland (0-0)  RHP #??  ERA  3.98   7 K   versus  Shane Beiber (10-8)  RHP #57  ERA  2.91   157. K

♥︎ Game 145 - Sat Sep 17/2 -  MIN (72-71) at CLE (77-66) at 7:10 pm.   Game 2 another chance to win.

Winder (4-4)  RHP #74  ERA. 3.83  44  K    versus    Plinkington  (1-2)  LHP #??  ERA  4.30   44  K

◆~~~>   ⚾   >~~~>   Games  2 & 3  of  5  big games in the  ALC.    More September playoff baseball  !    😎   

....  4-0  bottom  4.  CLE scores in 1, 3, 4th innings. Jose HR (28) and small ball. Lots on TV today. 

.... ✔️... CLE  5-1  FINAL !  Beiber 38-0 with 4+ runs.  A lone HR by a first game guy. Game 2 at 7.

CLE  5 14 1   LOB 10   MIN  1 4 2   LOB 7   See you at   7 pm   going for another series win !      

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■~~~>   ⚾   >~~~>   Game  3 of 5  and yet another important series win.  Playoff baseball  !  

....   5-5   bottom 8.  CLE was fine then BOOM  top 8.  Don't want this to slip away. OSU won big.  

....  5-5  bottom  10.  CLE  2 on 1 out and  now 2 out and crap. Top 11.  Attendance 24,449 tonight. 

....  5-5   top 12.  I've been watching sports all day.  Might not finish this one. But I did  IN BED ! ALL 15 !

....  CLE  7-6  for 15 trying innings FINAL !   CLE  7 12 1   LOB 20 !   MIN  6 7 1  LOB 13 so 33 LOB, WHEW.  

So Guardians win streaks alive !  See you  Sunday   at 1:40 pm  Game 4 .  Good morning everyone  !  

 

[Dutch Oven]

That pretty much put the final nails into the Twins coffin.

They had a great chance to get back into first place a week and a half ago, with eight head-to-head games vs the Guardians, but then they lose the first six. 

The G's still have the White Sox to contend with. Three games in Chicago coming up next.

[mjp28]

~ Sunday afternoon.  ~

Game 146 - Sun Sep 18  - MIN (72-73) at CLE (79-66) at  1:40 pm.

Ryan (11-8)  RHP #41. ERA. 3.83   133 K    versus    Morris (0-1)  RHP #38  ERA  2.79   9 K

■~~~>   ⚾   >~~~>   Game  4 of 5,   Only 16 games left.   Magic number time.   It's playoff baseball  !    

....  MIN  1-0  bottom  4.  it's not easy to keep beating the same team -but- it can really pay off...soon.

....x...  MIN  3-0 Final.  MIN wins in a 3 hit shutout. CLE  0 3 0. LOB  5    MIN  3 10 1  LOB  8.   

See you Monday  at  1:10 pm.   This is still very much a special baseball season in Cleveland.    

[mjp28]

Oh something else going on Aaron Judge going for some historic records in the non steroid period.  Too bad that * footnote is there.   That * unfortunately hurt MLB forever in a big record. 

And 60 and 61 should be the MLB standard everyone should be talking about Aaron Judge this year a big man and a big record  NO ASTRRICKS !

Most HR in a season, MLB history -- with totals through 146 team games:
2001 Barry Bonds: 73 -- 63
1998 Mark McGwire: 70 -- 62
1998 Sammy Sosa: 66 -- 58
2022 Aaron Judge: 65 (current pace) -- 59
1999 Mark McGwire: 65 -- 55
2001 Sammy Sosa: 64 -- 54
1999 Sammy Sosa: 63 -- 59
1961 Roger Maris: 61 -- 56
1927 Babe Ruth: 60 -- 53. 

...... Judge’s pursuit of Maris’ 61-year-old mark has been one of the leading storylines in the Majors this season, especially in the second half. The scene promises to be electric at Yankee Stadium beginning on Tuesday, as Judge and the Yankees return home to face the Pirates with all eyes upon their superhero-sized slugger.

“It should be really special,” manager Aaron Boone said. “Obviously, we’re in a pennant chase, and Judge is sitting where he is. There’s going to be added buzz every time he comes up. I experienced that in the NL Central playing against Sammy [Sosa] and [Mark] McGwire in '98. Every time, it’s an event.”

• Come to the ballpark to watch Judge in person

And there is more to Judge’s game than swinging for the fences. With four hits in five at-bats on Sunday, Judge is now batting .316, one point behind AL leader Luis Arraez (.317) of the Twins and tied with Xander Bogaerts (.316) of the Red Sox.

Owning a substantial lead on the AL home run and RBI leaderboards, Judge has raised his average 20 points this month to challenge for baseball’s first Triple Crown since Miguel Cabrera in 2012 and the first by a Yankee since Mickey Mantle in 1956.......

[mjp28]

~ Monday  ~  

Game 147 - Mon Sep 19 - MIN (72-74) at CLE (79-67) at 1:10 pm.   Also a special pitching matchup in this special season.

S Gray (10-8)  RHP #54  ERA  2.83  116  K   versus    Cal Quantrill (12-5)  RHP #47  ERA  3.51  114  K.  

■~~~>   ⚾   >~~~>  Game 5 of 5 in this drive for October baseball in Cleveland,   that's important.   Playoff baseball   !

 

[Dutch Oven]

Guardians finish off the Twins in style this afternoon 11-4, and end up winning seven of eight vs now former second-place Minnesota in the last week and a half. The G's are now in first by four games over idle Chicago, with a big three game series vs the Pale Hose in Chicago starting tomorrow. 

[mjp28]

3 hours ago, Dutch Oven said:

Guardians finish off the Twins in style this afternoon 11-4, and end up winning seven of eight vs now former second-place Minnesota in the last week and a half. The G's are now in first by four games over idle Chicago, with a big three game series vs the Pale Hose in Chicago starting tomorrow. 

And they are on an unheard-of  12 - 4  run now and yes the end of the 2022 season  is up now.  And the Guardians finish with  9  home games  to end this incredible season.

Maybe they could sellout a few more games in appreciation for what this young team and future HOF Manager have done.

- GO GUARDIANS,   finish it right. 

[Dutch Oven]

11 minutes ago, mjp28 said:

And they are on an unheard-of  12 - 4  run now and yes the end of the 2022 season  is up now.  And the Guardians finish with  9  home games  to end this incredible season.

Maybe they could sellout a few more games in appreciation for what this young team and future HOF Manager have done.

- GO GUARDIANS,   finish it right. 

Went to the Guardians site and looked at tickets for the Friday game vs the Royals for the final homestand to see how tickets are selling. (I'm going to the Sunday afternoon game) 

Looks like plenty of good (and not so good) seats remain. 

[mjp28]

●  Coming up next.  ●  

Game 148 - Tue Sep 20 -  CLE (80-67) at CSX (76-71)  at  8:10 pm.  Civale  versus  Cease

Game 149 -

Game 150 -

[Dutch Oven]

I was coming back from the movies and listening to Hammy and the top of the 7th.... G's scored twice to tie the game at 3, should have scored one more, but the home umpire apparently missed the call at home. Guardians were out of challenges because of an earlier challenge they lost, so still tied. 

[FairHooker11]

i left the radio after 8th

woke up to a win - just wow 

the bats came alive for an extra inning run fest...

 

[FairHooker11]

6 hours ago, Dutch Oven said:

I was coming back from the movies and listening to Hammy and the top of the 7th.... G's scored twice to tie the game at 3, should have scored one more, but the home umpire apparently missed the call at home. Guardians were out of challenges because of an earlier challenge they lost, so still tied. 

I listened to that - apparently the Gs had no challenges left because of an earlier one they missed on.

wouldve been the game winner too judging by the boxscore.

[Dutch Oven]

18 minutes ago, FairHooker11 said:

i left the radio after 8th

woke up to a win - just wow 

the bats came alive for an extra inning run fest...

 

I watched through the 10th, went to bed after the White Sox tied the game off Clase. 

Woke up about a half hour befofe my alarm clock goes off and had to look to see what happened, very pleased when I saw they erupted for five runs in the 11th! 

White Sox really needed to sweep the G's, even if they win the next two they will have only gained one game in three days, and time is running out. Guardians magic number is 9. 

[mjp28]

Game 148 - Tue Sep 20 -  CLE (80-67) at CSX (76-71)  at  8:10 pm.  Civale  versus  Cease

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After another rain delay start......  CLE  1-0. top 6.   Civale hanging in there !  On a 75-80 pitch count.....  turned it off in the 8th.

OH THOSE AMAZING  CLEVELAND GUARDIANS  !    10-7  in 11.   I was looking for a good stat for the game, here it is....

Batters faced:   Civale 20; Sandlin 5; Stephan 4; Karinchak 3; De Los Santos, E 3; Clase 5 (WP 3-4) (BS 4) Shaw 5;  versus    Cease 24; Lambert 3; Bummer 4; López, R 3; Hendriks 3; Graveman 5; Diekman 7 (LP).     Winner in the end Cleveland. 

And not one .300 hitter on the whole team, 5 or 6 near it   -but-  any 1 through 9 can get you !

You can never say die on this team.  Tied in the 9th, again in the 10th and 5 in the 11th.    

And  First pitch:7:50 PM. 8:50 ET.   T:3:57 (:40 delay).   Almost 4 hours of baseball late into the night.  

See you Wednesday  at   8:10 pm.   And good morning everyone,  (81-67)  still in 1st place.      

 

[Dutch Oven]

I love the fact that the Twins and White Sox have dropped a lot of money on free agents only to be looking up at the youngest team in MLB that is in a rebuilding year. 

[mjp28]

Game 149 - Wed Sep 21 -  CLE (81-67) at CSX (76-72) at  8:10 pm.   McKenzie way better than Lynn

■~~~>   ⚾   >~~~>  Game  2 of 3.  The Guardians magnificent run. Magic number 9.  Playoff baseball  !

....  CLE  2-0  top 2.  Playing small ball again.  What more can you say.

....  CLE  6-0  top 4.  And Steven Kwan 3-3 with HR (5).  A really pumped up CLE dugout ! McKenzie hot.

....  CLE   8-2  mid  8.  Naylor 2R HR (19)  among other Guardians kicking in.  McKenzie in the 8th. 

....  CLE   8-2  Final.  number is now  7.   That's right I think we're seeing the ALC crumbling. 

See you Thursday  at  8:10  for the end of this series.   So good evening everyone.      

[Dutch Oven]

Triston McKenzie just finished the 8th inning with his 13th strikeout, the G's have a commanding 8-2 lead. 

White Sox shortstop last week in an interview said something along the lines that "Everyone knows the Guardians will crumble down the stretch"....

The Guardians should send boxes of Crumble cookies to the White Sox locker room tomorrow.