Losing stinks, but that was just painful.
Tarik Skubal had the Guardians’ number on Monday afternoon, but he found himself in a pitcher’s duel with Matthew Boyd. Boyd was great for Cleveland on Monday in his first career postseason start, tossing 4.2 scoreless innings with five strikeouts. Similar to Saturday, Stephen Vogt went right to Cade Smith and followed with his big guns to get the remaining outs that led to the late game innings.
Unfortunately, the offense couldn’t muster anything against the presumed Cy Young Winner, Skubal, and the game entered the eighth inning tied 0-0.