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Guardians 4, White Sox 3 (10 inn.)
RISP: 5-8
The Guardians, like their Ohio counterparts, also can’t hit. Last night. they had six singles and five walks, but they had great “cluster luck,” as the great Joe Peta would put it. Five of those six singles came with runners in scoring position, and the last two, off Sean Newcomb in the tenth, advanced and then scored the stupid runner to give the Guardians a second straight one-run with over the White Sox, and sole possession of first place in the AL Central.
Lest we start turning the Guardians into the AL Brewers...well, the Brewers used to be the AL Brewers...note that even after last night, they’re hitting .229/.323/.363 with runners in scoring position. The average and slugging are both 28th in MLB with RISP. They can’t hit, and they don’t have any special ability to hit in leverage. They just happened to stack their hits perfectly last night. The standings don’t care how you got there.
