The Guardians couldn’t shake off a bad Slade Cecconi start and Steven Kwan and Jose Ramirez remaining mired in slumps, dropping the series finale vs. the White Sox, and now they have a day off.
Nicole has your game recap here. Kyle Manzardo hit two homers, which is fun. David Fry also had a clutch double. Looks like he just MAY have turned a corner, thank goodness.
Zack Meisel of the Athletic has a piece this morning on the Guardians’ resurgence.
The exciting news of the day was that Cooper Ingle and Travis Bazzana are being promoted to Columbus and Jacob Cozart and Ralphy Velazquez are headed to Akron. Rafe Schlesinger, Jeffry Mercedes and Bennett Thompson heading to Lake County was also notable to me. Note that Cozart, since June 1st, has put up a 135 wRC+ as a catcher, which is pretty exciting. It will be fun to get daily Statcast Data on Ingle and Bazzana.
The Yankees lost, but the Tigers won. So, the Guardians remain 0.5 back in the third wildcard race and are now 6 games back in the division