One of the two starting pitchers got into a rhythm tonight, and it sure wasn’t Hunter Gaddis.
While Yankees starter Gerrit Cole was a little shaky in the first inning, giving up three hits to lead off the game before Josh Naylor hit a sacrifice fly to give the Guards an early 2-0 lead, it didn’t take long before he shut that whole operation down. From the second inning on he was virtually unhittable, only giving up two hits and a couple of walks over his final six frames.
Not to say that the Guardians offense gave up, but I think they might have seen the writing on the wall in this one once Gaddis imploded like a dying star and gave up five runs in the third inning.