The Cleveland Guardians dropped their second consecutive series on Sunday, losing the finale against the Los Angeles Angeles with a 6-2 final score in LA.
The defeat wraps up a horrible week in which Cleveland went 1-5.
Their season record is now 3-6 as their road trip to open the season finally comes to a close.
Heading home.#GuardsBall pic.twitter.com/zYSSWGnCCL
— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) April 6, 2025
Up next is their home opener against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.
The silver lining is that starting pitcher Luis Ortiz was much better in comparison to his mediocre first outing.
Even though he lost on Sunday, Ortiz gave the Guardians a quality start, with three runs allowed in six innings.
He didn’t walk anyone, which is a huge win considering his early-season command issues, but struck out just three.
The long ball was a problem, though, as he conceded homers to Logan O’Hoppe and Jorge Soler.
The Guardians’ offense did him no favors, as they only mustered three meager hits: a solo home run by Kyle Manzardo and singles by Steven Kwan and Lane Thomas.
Cleveland was also affected by two unexpected developments: one of them was their usually reliable defense letting them down with two miscues, and the other was a rare off-game by top reliever Cade Smith.
Smith entered the game down 3-2 in the seventh and conceded two runs.
He left the Guardians a three-run deficit that was increased to four in the bottom of the eighth thanks to a Kyren Paris homer against Paul Sewald.
Veteran Kenley Jansen closed things out for the Angeles with a perfect ninth.
It has been a rocky start to the season for Cleveland.
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