Look folks, the Guardians aren’t selfish. They have had plenty of rookie debuts this year and most of them have gone pretty well. So they understood that tonight was Baltimore’s night as rookie third baseman Gunnar Henderson was making his MLB debut. He deserved some time in the spotlight, right?
With that in mind, they did what any good-natured organization would do ... they let him win. At least that’s what I’m going to tell myself because otherwise woof. That was rough.
In an effort to make Henderson feel welcomed as a major-leaguer, Triston McKenzie served him up a slider on the inner half of the plate that he took 429 feet for a lead-off home run in the fourth inning.