The Guardians decided to return the favor to the Washington Nationals today by blowing a lead and allowing them to salvage the series finale.
Continuing a pattern from the first two games of this series, the Nationals had a 2-0 lead after two innings, only to watch the Guardians score four in the top of the third inning to take a lead. They added on two runs in the top of the seventh, but with Eli Morgan and James Karinchak unavailable today, the Nationals turned the tables on Tim Herrin and Nick Sandlin to ruin Cleveland’s dreams of three straight comeback wins in the nation’s capital.