The Guardians Series, 8/1-8/4

[dystopia]

Well, tonight will be an L if Rogers pitches.

[Bahama O's Fan]

Is Suarez available tonight in long relief if needed?

[Moose Milligan]

I hate Cleveland, they always give us fits.  Every series against them just seems like a grind.  

I'd be thrilled with a split.  

[Roy Firestone]

2 hours ago, Say O! said:

Lively, Bibee, and Williams have pitched well in last couple times out. Carrasco has been rocked.  All RHPs, so will we see Kjerstad?  Need to do some damage against the SPs, since CLE may have best back end bullpen in the game with Clase and Cade Smith. 

Kjerstad was just optioned.

[sportsfan8703]

I'm really starting to hate Cleveland.  They always play us tough.  Don't pitch to Jose Ramirez.  They're a tough team.  They do things the right way.  

[interloper]

Yeahhhh seems like we just don't play Central teams very well, AL or NL. 

Potential for annoying series is pretty high. We do look pretty relaxed and ready to roll though, so let's hope they keep up the good play.

[TopGunnar]

Seeing Efflin and Rogers instead of Suarez and Povich is so beautiful. 

[GoldGlove21]

I'd be happy with a split here, but it would shock me if we win this game without scoring at least 6 runs.

[LockUpTheGunner]

This series is already starting to look up. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40701383/guardians-tanner-bibee-miss-next-start-sore-shoulder

[RavensNOsGuy]

22 minutes ago, LockUpTheGunner said:

This series is already starting to look up. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40701383/guardians-tanner-bibee-miss-next-start-sore-shoulder

We certainly should have the pitching advantage on Sat/Sun. If we continue to swing the bats like we have been in the last week I feel good about this series.

[SteveA]

39 minutes ago, LockUpTheGunner said:

This series is already starting to look up. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40701383/guardians-tanner-bibee-miss-next-start-sore-shoulder

So we won't have to wait over a week to see what lineup Hyde puts out against a lefty.

[sportsfan8703]

This is the only team that really pushes us around consistently. Well, them and Houston. 

We gotta get tougher. Can’t turn into the Texas playoff series against these guys. 

[glenn__davis]

25 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

This is the only team that really pushes us around consistently. Well, them and Houston. 

We gotta get tougher. Can’t turn into the Texas playoff series against these guys. 

We went 3-3 against HOU last year, 4-3 the year before that.

But I do agree, CLE seems to give us fits.  And, like seemingly every team we face this year, they were playing well coming into the series against us.

[dystopia]

16 hours ago, interloper said:

Yeahhhh seems like we just don't play Central teams very well, AL or NL. 

Potential for annoying series is pretty high. We do look pretty relaxed and ready to roll though, so let's hope they keep up the good play.

We’ve played well against other AL Central teams

[eddie83]

Next year I bet CLE offense slips a ton. They are really playing well though.