A Frustrating Loss in Minnesota
· Yahoo Sports
Joey Cantillo was facing off against the Minnesota Twins offense and, briefly, the Cleveland Guardians defense in his start today. Cantillo went 5.0 innings, giving up two unearned runs on six hits and three walks. Joey struck out seven.
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After getting through the bottom of the second only allowing a single and a walk, Joey faced the 6-7-8 hitters to start the bottom of the second. A fielding error, fielders choice, and a single loaded the bases before the Guards could record an out. The lead off hitter, on an 0-2 count, hit a ball directly to Travis Bazzana between first and second. Bazzana misplayed the ball, letting it go right past him and giving first base to the Kody Clemens. The second batter of the inning was hit to Brayan Rocchio who fumbled the throw to Bazzana. It didn’t reach the second baseman in time for the out. The third batter hit to Kyle Manzardo, who was playing off of first base. Manzardo second guessed throwing to second base, due to the runner being in the way, and Cantillo couldn’t reach first in time for the out at first, leaving the bases loaded. The very next batter popped foul behind first base. Kyle Manzardo had a read on it and seemed to catch the ball, but tripped over the covering Bazzana and dropped the ball in foul territory. Ultimately the Twins scored two in the second inning, giving Joey the loss on a bizarre inning. Cantillo fell to 7-4 on the season.
Franco Aleman came on in the sixth, throwing a scoreless inning and only allowing a hit. Eric Sabrowski pitched the seventh. Sabrowski gave up two hits and an earned run. A lead off single and a two out triple scored the insurance run for the Twins. The triple came on a rare, and I hesitate to call it this, miss from Steven Kwan. Kwan got his glove on the ball and would have made another Gold Glove catch, but the ball ricocheted off of his glove and was bobbled at the wall. This allowed Josh Bell to score from first. Matt Festa locked down the eighth, only giving up a hit in his scoreless inning.
The offense sat solely on Rhys Hoskins’ shoulders. Rhys hit a solo home run in the first inning for the Guardians only run of the game.
Your browser does not support the video tag.I don’t even know where to begin with pinch hitting Gabriel Arias for Kyle Manzardo in the top of the ninth with a runner on and two outs.