Cleveland GuardiansvsColorado Rockies
CLE 9/COL 1
Things to say
The Cleveland Guardians beat the Colorado Rockies 9-1 at Coors Field.
01
opener
Yeah, Cleveland just ran Colorado out of the building, 9-1. At Coors, of all places. Guardians bats were locked in all night.
02
key player
Cleveland's starter was the story — got into his stuff early, went deep into the game, kept the Rockies off the board. Rockies never touched him.
03
hot take
One run at Coors Field? That's almost impressive how quiet Colorado's lineup was. That ballpark's supposed to be a launching pad.
04
deep cut
The whole heart of the order for Cleveland was on base all night. When you make the other team's bullpen work at altitude like that, it snowballs fast.
05
exit
Rockies are buried at 50-78 anyway. I'll see where Cleveland goes from here — they're the ones actually chasing something.
The recap
Cleveland went into Coors Field and turned a hitter's park into a laugher, hanging nine on Colorado and cruising to a 9-1 win. When you're putting up crooked numbers at altitude, the bats did the heavy lifting all night, and the Guardians never let the Rockies breathe.
Colorado's lone run was all it could muster, and at 50-78 there's just not enough there to keep pace with a club fighting to stay in the mix. Getaway-day baseball where one side showed up and the other punched the clock.