A dominant starting Cleveland pitcher, demoralizing the opposing pitcher early, a formerly unknown utility player going off, weird stadium mishaps, Miguel Cabrera being irrelevant at the plate but fun on first base — all the favorite hits you remember from recent years against the Tigers were on display tonight as the Guardians took game one of the series, 6-1.
The offense jumped on Matt Manning in the third and got an early 4-0 lead, but the obvious story of tonight’s game is Cleveland’s starter, Cal Quantrill.
The reliever turned current ace of the staff put up a dominant seven innings of work by holding Detroit scoreless and walkless.