Manager gets ejectected. Ramirez at 2nd and Kean at 3rd one out. Naylor hits soft liner to center. Their great cf made a great sliding catch. Ramirez is doubled off 2nd. Did Kwan score? Play was challenged and the catch was over ruled. Kwan scores and Ramirez to 3rd and Naylor to 1st.

Had their chances. The HP and 2 BBs in the bottom of the 9th looked like it was being served up on a silver platter. Not to be.

Skanks slither out of town feeling lucky.

Battenfield did surprisingly well. Gaddis did unsurprisingly badly. Curry has been a bullpen innings eater. The 3 are all in the second tier of our pitching prospects. I really dont' think it will be long before the first tier get here.

in 2018 fore past reference, Bieber started in Akron, made 5 starts. Then 8 in Columbus. Then Cleveland.
I understand the logic behind trying to polish the diamonds before sending them to Cleveland. And letting the team get by for awhile with the not-so-precious stones.
Unfortunately we are suddenly 2 starters short with Plesac and Quantrill inconsistent.

Clase is also having problems. For some reason, he was held back at the start of Spring Training and hasn't been that automatic shutdown guy out of the gate.

Maybe it's the clock?

PD story this morning said his velocity is down a couple MPH on both of his pitches
Not overworkng him in ST made sense. Perhaps he needs a few more innings to work up to his best? Hope that's all it takes.

Bad start. Typcial situational hitting, scoring runs on outs, and Josh Bell discovers his swing: long homer and a double. No one drives in a run with a hit [other than Bell scoring himself with the homer]

It appears that Brennan is now the regular RF and Oscar is backup.

in 34 at bats Gonzalez is hitting 147 with NO rbi and OPS of 400. 6 K 2 BB
in 28 at bats Brennan is hitting 286 with 6 RBI and OPS of 737 3K 2 BB

Today's starter: Plesac ERA 9.00 vs Kuhl ERA 8.10

Once again, back by 3 in the first inning. Rally. Top notch relief pitching. 3 stolen bases. Ramirez first homer. Straw 2 hits; Brennan with his daily RBI; Josh Bell 2 doubles- 4 xtra base hits in his last 2 games; he likes playing in DC

Doubleheader today against the Detroit Pussy Cats. Let's hope they don't play to the level of their competition.

Karinchak with his 3rd loss of April --- we barely avoid another xtra inning game.
We are going with 2 AAA starters vs. Detroit today so it's not all in our favor today.
Oscar hit his first homer
Freeman who was off to a great start in Columbus came up for the day, or longer, and singled and doubled play SS in the opener. Rosario resting his back. Arias at SS in the nightcap

Well, I guess I put the KOD on the G's figuring they would roll over their favorite patsies.

Pitching not bad except for the 2 gopherballs. Got to score more runs.

Whatsamatter Jose? Golden Sombrero in the second game.

Tomorrow is another day.

DId you see the game times: 2:23 in the opener; 1:50 in the nightcap. At least it was quick

Freeman got hurt on a collision and had to sit out the 2nd game. So we may be short an IF and need to pull Rocchio up for a few days.
I note he didn't play last night for Columbus.

The Guardians are calling up Brayan Rocchio, according to El Extrabase's Daniel Álvarez-Montes.