Cleveland GuardiansvsPhiladelphia Phillies
CLE 3/PHI 1
Things to say
Cleveland beat Philadelphia 3-1 at Citizens Bank Park.
01
opener
Guardians took it 3-1 in Philly. Phils bats were just dead all night. One run at home, you're not winning many like that.
02
key player
Cleveland's staff was the story — held the heart of that Philly order to basically nothing. Whoever started for them got into his stuff early and never let up.
03
hot take
Phillies are 26-27. That's a .500 team with a payroll that says World Series. Somebody's seat is getting warm.
04
deep cut
Cleveland's now 32-23 and nobody's talking about them. Quietly one of the best records in the AL and they just walked into Citizens Bank and took one.
05
exit
Anyway, we'll see if Philly can wake the bats up for the next one — can't keep losing 3-1 at home.
The recap
Guardians rolled into Citizens Bank Park and quietly choked the life out of Philly, 3-1. Cleveland's staff got into their stuff early and the Phillies bats never woke up — one run is one run, doesn't matter how you slice it.
The heart of the order went cold at the worst time, and by the time the bullpen door swung open it was already a track meet Philly couldn't win. Guardians are 32-23 and looking like the real deal; Phillies drop under .500 and you can feel the ballpark starting to grumble.