Guardians Lose by One in Game One

After a surprise off-day and a scheduled off-day, the Cleveland Guardians traveled to Milwaukee to face the Brewers in a 3-game series.

Slade Cecconi and Robert Gasser faced off as the starting pitchers for this evening’s game. Cecconi had another decent start, holding the Brewers to one run in 5.2 innings of work. The run came off a solo home run by Brice Turang and was one of three hits that Cecconi allowed. Cecconi gave up two walks, both in the sixth inning and was pulled having only thrown 82 pitches.

Brayan Rocchio backed up his pitcher with a nice play turned at second to get the runner out. Colin Holderman retired the side to finish out the sixth inning.

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The 0-1 score held until the top of the seventh. Stuart Fairchild drew a one-out walk and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Gabriel Arias, fresh off of a rehab assignment, singled to right field to score Fairchild and tie the game.

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Hunter Gaddis came on in the bottom of the seventh with a tie game. Gaddis gave up a lead off home run to Garrett Mitchell, giving the Brewers the lead once more.

The curse of the runner in scoring position struck the Guards again in the top of the eighth. Travis Bazzana drew a lead off walk and forced the Brewers to go to Abner Uribe. Brayan Rocchio flied out, but Bazzana reached second base on a wild pitch. Rhys Hoskins struck out swinging, but Bazzana reached third based on a wild pitch. Daniel Schneemann, who pinch hit for David Fry in the sixth, drew a walk to put runners on the corners. Kyle Manzardo struck out swinging, retiring the side without a run crossing home.

Matt Festa pitched the eighth and was graced with stellar defense to turn two quick ground outs to start the inning. William Contreras struck out swinging to retire the side for a clean 11 pitch inning from Festa.

The Brewers held onto their lead, taking game one of the series from the Guardians by a score of Cleveland 1 – Brewers 2. Both teams had four hits and one error on the night.