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I have a long history of seeing the team lose; yesterday was a fluke.
One summer in high school I believe my Indians record was 1-15

Teams: Guardians (35-32) vs. Mariners (33-34).

Starting pitchers:
RHP Gavin Williams (5-3, 3.86)
RHP Luis Castillo (4-4, 3.31).

GUARDIANS
LF Steven Kwan.
DH Kyle Manzardo.
3B José Ramírez.
1B Carlos Santana.
2B Daniel Schneemann.
CF Lane Thomas.
C Bo Naylor.
SS Gabriel Arias.
RF Nolan Jones.

MARINERS
SS J.P. Crawford.
CF Julio Rodríguez.
C Cal Raleigh.
DH Jorge Polanco.
LF Randy Arozarena.
1B Rowdy Tellez.
RF Dominic Canzone.
3B Ben Williamson.
2B Cole Young.

[ I like the lineup ]

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Not a good way to start the weekend. G's forced to win tonight as Detroit takes a 8-2 lead into the 8th inning.

A bit of everything went wrong over that weekend in Seattle. Now back to .500. Twins and Royals are also on the downslope but Tigers look like they are for real.

Obviously, things are not going our way. I think injuries and the Nolan Jones trade threw this team for a loop. Freeman and Brennen were both very popular players, i think Vogt saying he does not like the term platoon and then platooning players is hilarious ! Biggest concern is that I do not see long term players in RF, CF, SS, C and 2nd base at the major league level. So what do you do with Nolan Jones, Arias and Naylor ? Santana and Thomas will finish out the season or be traded at the deadline.
Lots of moving parts. Vogt give players the full time job and stop over managing !!!!!!

Unlikely offensive heroes: Arias double and go-ahead homer. Rodriguez triple and Hedges sac fly.
Giants had 10 hits, received 5 walks and a hit batter and left 13 on base.
The hero of the day was Kwan who threw out one runner in the 8th when Gaddis put 3 on base; and made a perfect throw in the 9th to hold the runners when Clase had put 3 on base.
Cecconi was pretty good again; 5-4-2-2-3-6 4.15 ERA

2 in a row over my sister's favorite team; 3 run homer for Schneemann. Solid although short [5 1/3 IP] start by Allen and scoreless relief by Festa [pleasant find], Smith, Herrin and Clase [no need for great defense to rescue him this time].

No Ramirez tonight !

It's been close to 2 weeks since we were 9 games behind the tigers. Still 9 games back. Haven't gained an inch. Time to concentrate on a wild card spot. That being said, we're a 1/2 game out of a playoff spot.

Ortiz is the best pitcher on this team. Fantastic trade !

At this point, no doubt. Ortiz was a nice addition. Too bad the offense sucks. The offense is solely responsible for putting this team in the position they're in.

The forum is about as reliable as the offense.

I'd bring up DeLauter and Kayfus now. Demote Rodriguez and Fry. Perhaps Rocchio up and Martinez down.

Ryan thinks he has fixed the forum. Unfortunately only one of DeLauter or Kayfus can come up until the Santana (our 3rd best batter and team favorite other than Jose) i and Manzardo spots are figured out.

Brito needs to come up and take over 2nd base. Schneeman and Arias split short and utility. Martinez down.

Not a good time to promote DeLauter just when Jones is starting to show signs of life. Besides, while the forum was down, i read that DeLauter was decent at hitting curveballs, he had problems with mid-90's fastballs.

Like to see Jones start facing left handed pitching. The one at bat I saw against a lefthanded batter, he saw 10 pitches before walking.

Don'T think it's a good idea to promote 2 players with no major league experience at rhe same time. The offense has been something to be desired from the get go. Why pile on more woes?

Kayfus, on the other hand, deserves a look see.

Read where one of our beat writers was happy to see that Detroit also lost last night. We didn't lose any ground. Still 9 games behind. Well, we didn't pick up any ground either. In fact we were 9 games behind 2 weeks ago. Still 9 games behind today.

Checked on how well we fared last night in the wild card chase. We fell anther game behind. We're now a game an a half behind in the wild card hunt.

If we don't get any consistency from this offense, might aswell kiss this season goodby.