The Cleveland Guardians forgot to pack their bats for their trip to New York and spent most of Friday night flailing at the plate in a 4-1 series-opening loss to the Yankees.
Eli Morgan managed to hold the Yankees scoreless the first time through the order, only surrendering a walk to Aaron Judge. But with two outs in the third inning, Morgan faced the top of the order again and walked D.J. LeMahieu on five pitches. He then proceeded to fall behind in the count against Judge and served up a meatball that ended up in the seats in right center field, giving New York a 2-0 lead.