The Cleveland Guardians didn’t give a sold-out crowd at Progressive Field much to cheer about Friday night, dropping their home opener in a 4-1 loss to the San Francisco Giants.
Giants starting pitcher Carlos Rodón certainly did his part to silence the Guardians’ bats and keep the home crowd quiet. He wasn’t able to reproduce the no-hitter he pitched against Cleveland at this time last year, but he was no less dominant. Rodón painted the strike zone with his four-seam fastball and kept hitters off balance with his slider and curveball.
He only needed 24 pitches the first time through the order, and all the Guardians could muster through the first six innings was one hit and one walk.