Hunter Brown entered last night’s game giving up 16.3 hits per 9 innings, and walking 6.1 batters per 9 innings. How does a starting pitcher amass a 9.68 ERA? That’s how.
And in the first inning against the Guardians, those numbers got even worse. He gave up a pair of singles, and then a 3-run homer to Josh Naylor.
And then the Guardians played as bad as any team could play in innings 2-5. They trailed 8-3 after those innings we will refuse to discuss.
A Steven Kwan triple and Andres Gimenez homer in the 6th got Cleveland back in the game.