You didn’t doubt the Guardiac kids did you? Down 5-3 going into the ninth, the 2022 Guardians did what they did all season long — they battled. With the bases loaded and two outs and two strikes, his SpongeBob walk-up blaring, Oscar Gonzalez hit his second walk-off of the postseason, this time a slap-hit single he had no business getting to, and Progressive Field erupted.
Triston McKenzie didn’t have his strongest outing against one of the most powerful lineups in baseball, but the Guards still only allowed five hits as a team. You can’t win in the postseason unless you rack up 15 bloop hits, as the old saying goes.