The Rangers manager reacts to the ALCS Game 1 loss to the Yankees

Game 1 of the ALCS didn’t go as planned for the Cleveland Guardians. Well, it was really an inning that got away from Cleveland’s pitchers and catchers, opening the door for the New York Yankees to take a big lead.

While the Guardians had some bright spots to look forward to in this series, the main talking point in their loss will be New York’s three-run third inning, in which they scored two times due to wild pitches.

With Erik Sabrowski and Pedro Avila looking good later in the game, everyone will be wondering why the team turned to Joey Cantillo to enter the game with runners on base and didn’t give him a clean inning.

After the game, Stephen Vogt explained his reasoning for going for Cantillo and what he saw from his left-handed pitcher during that inning.

“When that, when Cobb started feeling the tightness in his hip and the spasms in his back, we went out to check on him to make sure he was OK. He was in and out a little bit, and we wanted to see if he could. a few more outs Joey has done a good job for us coming out of the bullpen, and that inning got away from us, and that was it.”

“He liked his command, he looked a little quick at first, but then he seemed to struggle to find the strike zone. We’ve seen Joey the last month, month and a half, he’s been fantastic, so it was very uncharacteristic of “him”.

The Guardians would be playing a very different game if those two runs hadn’t crossed the plate in the third inning. Obviously, there are a few things Vogt would change if he were to play this game again.

But that’s in the past; The Guardian must focus on finishing this series on Tuesday night.