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

mjp28 · **9:30 pm EDST - Play ball ! Game on.**

@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 · addendum to Monday 9/12/22

@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

@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

@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.