Left-handed hitters entered Tuesday batting .336 off of Nationals SP Cade Cavalli. The Guardians put 9 left-handed hitters in their lineup. The Guardians had 5 hits and 1 run off Cavalli in 6 innings.
The Guardians hitters can not do anything besides draw walks right now. So in back to back games the Nationals have just decided to throw strikes. Normally, you’d worry about those strikes getting hit, but… lol.
One Guardian who is not seeing strikes is Kyle Manzardo. Because why would you throw him a strike when he’s swinging at 3 pitches in the dirt every time he comes to the plate?
For the second straight game, the Nats only needed to use 2 pitchers. Sad.
On the bright side, Will Dion made his MLB debut after a number of years in the system. Dion was promoted earlier in the day, taking Logan T. Allen’s place on the 26-man.
Erik Sabrowski’s MRI “revealed no structural damage.”
Around the terrible AL
• The Angels and Tigers took turns blowing leads, but the Tigers blew more of them and lost 10-6.
• Here are a ton of Tiger injury updates.
• The A’s called up their top prospect “Gage Jump”
• The White Sox lost to the Twins, but I’m afraid this guy is likable.