The Astros, who lead the league in defensive runs saved, gifted the Guardians three of their six runs tonight thanks to two critical errors. However, you can’t hang this loss entirely on the defense. Even with tight defense the Astros could not have won with an offense that could not figure out Guardians starter Triston McKenzie.
The Guardians opened the scoring with two unearned runs in the third inning when a throwing error to second by pitcher Luis Garcia with one out scored Luke Maile and placed Miles Straw on third. Straw scored on a groundout by Jose Ramirez.