Tarik Skubal Was Flat Out Great Today, But The Guardians Completely Pissed Away Game 1

Tarik Skubal was great today, don't get me wrong. But this is exactly what we've come to expect from him. He's the best pitcher in baseball. So the Guardians path to victory today was for Gavin Williams and the bullpen to go toe to toe with him until we could steal it in the late innings. And that's exactly what they did....and we completely let him down.

From the very first inning where Johnathan Rodriguez couldn't pick up a routine single to Right and cost us the first run.....

To us battling back for a run off Skubal, just for Johnkensy Noel to give it right back with an error at first base that led to a bunted in run....

 So that means in the 2-1 loss to the Tigers, the Guardians gave up 2 unearned runs. And what we got back in return for the poor defense from Noel and Rodriguez was…..those two going a combined 0-6 with 5 strikeouts.

THAT STINKS.

And you know what else stinks? Through all that, we got the leadoff runner on THIRD BASE with no outs in the bottom of the 9th….

And we still couldn't score. Couldn't put the bat on the ball. And when we could put the bat on the ball, it went right back to the pitcher and Jose ran into an our. Bad, bad, bad. We had every opportunity this afternoon to take complete control of this series with their Ace on the mound.

Yes, Skubal was great. Yes, the Guardians absolutely could've won that game. And now our backs are against the wall tomorrow. Win or Go Home.