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

mjp28

Game 59 - Thu Jun 16 - CLE (31-27) in COL (27-36) first pitch 3:10 pm. McKenzie (3-5) versus Kuhl (4-3]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The afternoon delight and play ball.

Going for the 3 game sweep.

...... CLE 3-0 mid 4. CLE scores 3 in the 2nd.

...... CLE 3-1 mid 6. Another close game.....so far.

...... CLE 4-2 top 8. Got out of a bases loaded 0 out mess with 1 run.

...... CLE 4-2 FINAL ! The third double play to end the game. Sweep ! 13 of last 16. Whoa.

mjp28

Game 60 - Fri Jun 17 - CLE (33-27) at LAD (39-24) first pitch 10:10 pm with no free TV.

Plesac (2-3) versus Kershaw (4-1)

◆ Sat Jun 18 - 7:15 pm. ◆ Sun Jun 19 - 4:10 pm versus the Dodgers. OFF MON. Then in MIN.

~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ More late Friday night Apple TV or Hammy radio.

...... LAD 1-0 bottom 3. Scored with a solo HR in 2nd.

...... 1-1 bottom 4. Guardians play small ball.

...... 1-1 bottom 5, 2 out. well top 6. mjp radio on, computer off, GO GUARDIANS !

...... CLE 2-1 bottom 10. Well I'm back 1 out. Kershaw left after 5. Now 2 out.

... ... CLE 2-1 FINAL, yeah baby ! 5-2 in extras. Great pitching ! What a game.

mjp28

Game 61 - Sat Jun 18 - CLE (33-27) at LAD (39-23) first pitch 7:15 pm. Quantrill (4-3) versus Urias (3-6)

~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ★ Play ball on FOX TV ! ★

And Cleveland is H-O-T. Only -1 in the ALC. Pitching is coming around should be a good game.

mjp28

What a run by these young Cleveland Guardians -1.

mjp28

And the senior circuit.

SdBacker80

★ That was one of the best 2-1 games last night I’ve seen in recent history. Oh yeah !

And Kershaw was gone after 5.

Two manufactured runs.

Three End of the bench RPs stepping up and blanking a high powered offense. Some people said that the Guardians would fall flat against the Dodgers. Didn't happen. I like the pitching matchup in game 2/3 on FOX TV tonight.

Grinding away pitch after pitch to get their ACE out of the game. I thought we were sitting in the driver seat and then the Dodgers bring in a middle relief pitcher that hit 100.

Plesac throwing his beat game of the year. Plesac went 6 solid innings.

The bullpen did a great job even without their regular closer !

Andres with some great D.

On and On and on…this is one of the most exciting teams that this organization has ever fielded. And the youngest team in MLB by 2 years to PIT, KC and others. The new core ???

mjp28

^^^^^ If you didn't like last night's game then you don't like baseball. Exciting game.

GO GUARDIANS !

mjp28

@mjp28 said:

Game 61 - Sat Jun 18 - CLE (33-27) at LAD (39-23) first pitch 7:15 pm.  Game 2 of 3 then MIN.

Quantrill (4-3) 3.38 ERA 40 K versus Urias (3-6) 2.80 ERA 56 K

~~~~~~~~~~     ~~~~~~~~~~ ★ Play ball on FOX TV ! ★

And Cleveland is H-O-T. Only -1 in the ALC.

Coming up at MIN 3, home for BOS 3, MIN 4, NYY 3. Big test for Cleveland.

I like this pitching matchup tonight should be a good game. Guardians trying to get into first place with MIN on the schedule next.

SdBacker80

@mjp28 said:

I like this pitching matchup tonight should be a good game. Guardians trying to get into first place with MIN on the schedule next.

Urias is a tough customer.

We have a tough make or break 17 game stretch here and we are 1-0 in it thus far. We go 9-8 and we are heading towards the All-Star break in good position to make a run for a wildcard or dare I say division title.

Eight of these games in this stretch are against the twins (almost unheard of) and a great opportunity to maybe take the lead in the division.

I had 70 wins as a floor but I should have known better with the pitching and Tito. I thought 85 win ceiling which could get us into the expanded playoff format.

What do we do with Franimal now? Who is sitting when he comes back? Do we even entertain the idea of him playing RF (that’s scary) I’ve seen him lumber out in the field in San Diego a few years back

mjp28

I didn't think the Guardians would be near or above .500 at the AS Break and maybe become a better team to close out 2022. That is characteristic of a Franconia team, finish good in AUG/SEP.

They are showing flashes of a contending team, let's hope that they continue to bond as a team.

Will Fran platoon as DH maybe with Jose when he needs a break ? As far as his defense that's often the problem with big sluggers where do you put them. This team still needs runs with their small ball. That will remain as a work in progress.

With their pitching they could be a. 500+ team in September. Should be interesting.

...... edit, remember too with KC, DET this is an "easy" division.

mjp28

@mjp28 said:

Game 61 - Sat Jun 18 - CLE (33-27) at LAD (39-23) first pitch 7:15 pm. Quantrill (4-3) versus Urias (3-6)

~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ★ Play ball on FOX TV ! ★

And Cleveland is H-O-T. Only -1 in the ALC. Pitching is coming around should be a good game.

...... FOX pregame show at 7 pm. Game to follow at 7:15 pm.

...... Jose day off. Might get Sunday and OFF MON. At MIN Tuesday.

...... CLE 1-0 bottom 2. But LAD threatening. Now LAD 3-1 a 2R HR. 2 outs bottom 2.

...... LAD 5-1 bottom 5. CLE must score early and often to stay in it.

...... LAD 6-1 bottom 7. CLE only has 2 hits. Two more ABs left.

.....x..LAD 7-1 final. CLE 1-2-2 LAD 7-11-1. Now on to the rubber match getaway game 4:10 pm.

SdBacker80

@mjp28 said:

Game 62 - Sun Jun 19 - CLE (33-28) at LAR (40-23) first pitch 4:10 pm. Beiber (3-3) versus Heaney (1-0)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Play ball on getaway day, OFF MON, Twins Tuesday.

Bieber back home should be a good one.

Big game here as a series win vs. a WS contender would be a huge confidence boast for this young team. Arguably the biggest game of the season thus far.

...... CLE 1-0 bottom 2. CLE small bal run in top of 2nd.

...... 2-2 top 6. Oscar G. HR #1. LAD pitcher to showers. Beiber looks good. End 6 and 9 Ks.

...... 2-2 bottom 7. Beiber 6.1 9Ks 98 pitches quality game. Morgan in.

...... CLE 5-3 bottom 9. CLE playing small ! Jose wanted in, no. Attendance a quiet 53,053.

... ... CLE 5-3 FINAL ! YES ! What a game. Down 1 going to MIN Tuesday. Oh yeah 2-1 vs LAD.

SdBacker80

Awesome Game. Very exciting team this year…they play hard and they play sound baseball. ...oh yes ! They are coming together and it's only just June 19.

We have the best manager and the most valuable player in baseball. The rest of baseball can Debate it all they want. Franconia the longest tenured manager in MLB, awesome.

we didn’t have the best player but we executed better than what I think is the best team in the NL ... Jose was chomping at the bit in the 9th to play BUT he ended up with a needed 3 day rest.

What a team of young guns, and fun to watch.

DieHardBrownsFan1

May be an image of text that says 'JACOBS ELELE THE CLEVELAND OF HOME Indiano'

mjp28

★ Game 63 - Tue Jun 21 - CLE (34-28) in MIN (35-28) first pitch 7:10 pm. Civale (2-3) versus Ryan (5-3)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Important early series, play ball !

Game 64 - Wed Jun 22 - CLE (34-28) in MIN (xx-xx) first pitch 7:10 pm. McKenzie (4-5) versus Gray (3-1)

Game 65 - Thu Jun 23 - CLE (34-28) in MIN (xx-xx) first pitch 1:10 pm. Plesac (2-4) verses Smeltzer (3-1]

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...... ★ Pregame: Game 1, The Guardians are ready. Jose to lead the group. Big Fran is back.

...... CLE 1-0 top 2. CLE playing small ball again, 3 hits.

...... CLE 3-0 bottom 3. Josh Naylor 2R HR. Yes small ball/ long ball.

...... CLE 3-2 bottom 7. Civale 5 good innings. Now MIN 5-3 3R HR. Hang in there.

...... 5-5 mid 8. Franmil 2R HR dead center ! We have a game.

...... 5-5 top 11. CLE is 5-2 I think in extra inning games.

... ... CLE 6-5 FINAL ! Yeah baby ! Tied for 1st place. Clase another save.

SdBacker80

@mjp28 said:

★ Game 63 - Tue Jun 21 - CLE (★ 35-28) in MIN (35-28) first pitch 7:10 pm. Civale (2-3) versus Ryan (5-3)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Important early series, play ball !

Game 64 - Wed Jun 22 - CLE (34-28) in MIN (xx-xx) first pitch 7:10 pm.  McKenzie (4-5) versus Gray (3-1)

Game 65 - Thu Jun 23 - CLE (34-28) in MIN (xx-xx) first pitch 1:10 pm. Plesac (2-4) verses Smeltzer (3-1]

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...... ★ Pregame: Game 1, The Guardians are ready.  Jose to lead the group. Big Fran is back.

...... CLE 1-0 top 2.  CLE playing small ball again, 3 hits.

...... CLE 3-0 bottom 3.  Josh Naylor 2R HR. Yes small ball/ long ball.

...... CLE 3-2 bottom 7.  Civale 5 good innings.  Now MIN 5-3 3R HR.  Hang in there.

...... 5-5 mid 8.  Franmil 2R HR dead center ! We have a game.

...... 5-5 top 11.  CLE is 5-2 I think in extra inning games.

... ...  CLE 6-5 FINAL ! Yeah baby !  Tied for 1st place. Clase another save.

Maybe it is our year?

I’d rather have Gimenez than Lindor.

DieHardBrownsFan1

Maybe the curse has been lifted finally? Go ~~Tribe!~~ Guardians!

mjp28

@sdbacker80 said:

Maybe it is our year?

I’d rather have Gimenez than Lindor.

I never thought I'd hear that -but- Gimenez may be the best AL second baseman and belongs in the AS Game.

Gimenez > Robbie Alomar ??? Might be soon.

LET’S GO TRIBE !

mjp28

@mjp28 said:

Game 64 - Wed Jun 22 - CLE (★ 35-28) in MIN (38-31) first pitch 7:10 pm. Good pitching matchup Wednesday !?

--->   Tristin McKenzie (4-5) 2.96 ERA 61K versus Sonny Gray (3-1) 2.09 ERA 42K

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Game 2 of 3, play ball !

I'm watching the 9th - 11th innings replay on Bally Sports now, on every Sunday morning after the Saturday game. Another important game coming up Guardians 15-4 in last 19. These kids are playing some exciting baseball. Jose and Franmil back, oh yeah.

mjp28

Game 64 - Wed Jun 22 - CLE (★ 35-28) in MIN (38-31) first pitch 7:40 pm. Good pitching matchup Wednesday.

--> Tristin McKenzie (4-5) 2.96 ERA 61K versus Sonny Gray (3-1) 2.09 ERA 42K

~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ The young guns at it again. Game 2 of 3, play ball !

...... MIN 3-1 top 4. MIN 2 solo HRs. Waiting for something to happen. Now bottom 4.

...... MIN 5-1 to top 5. Uh-oh ? Not yet ! They have small balled it back to MIN 5-4.

...... MIN 6-4 bottom 5. Both teams into the BP. 17 total hits so far. Top 6.

...... CLE 7-6 bottom 7. MIN trying to rally. Now 7-7. MIN 10-7 Urshela 3R HR to top 8.

...... CLE 11-10 top 9. OMG !!! You have to be kidding me. Bottom 9. 25,604 quiet fans.

... .... CLE 11-10 FINAL. 1st place. Wow this young team is special. See you tomorrow.