The Guardians dropped the opener of a three-game series in San Diego 7-2, as Luis Ortiz faltered and the Guardians couldn’t take advantage of several run-scoring opportunities.
The basic outline of the game is fairly simple to describe - Ortiz had a horrible 2nd inning in pouring rain and then fell apart in the fifth at the end of his outing. Meanwhile, the Guardians couldn’t get a big hit when they needed to and ran themselves out of a 1st and 2nd with no outs opportunity in the fifth with a silly double-steal attempt that resulted in two outs on the base paths.