The Baseball Gods heard our pleas and blessed the Cleveland Guardians with enough runs to beat the Minnesota Twins, 4-1, and avoid turning this miserable series into a four-game sweep.
Much of the credit goes to Cal Quantrill. The Guardians’ starting pitcher threw a career-high 109 pitches over 7.2 innings, limiting the Twins to four hits, two walks, and one earned run. His only blemish came on a Miguel Sanó solo home run in the second inning. Quantrill relied heavily on his sinker and slider, the latter accounting for 37% of his pitches and registering a 28% CSW%.