Guards fall in Seattle

 The Guardians got blasted last night in the series finale vs. Seattle, 8-0.

Cade Cicconi took the loss. Some of it should go on the shoulders of left fielder CJ Kayfus. 

Fit the guy for some goat horns. 

That’s what I’m proposing. 

He failed to make a catchable sliding catch that resulted in a big inning for the Mariners.

Cleveland didn't get anything going offensively, so that did not help matters.

The Guardians were held hitless until the seventh when rookie phenom Chase DeLauter collected a single. The Guardians would get one more hit the rest of the night.

I watched the game on the Peacock app. Some of it. I saw Kayfus’s debacle. It was cool to hear Rick “Arc”  Manning doing the color commentary on the broadcast He’s been a part of the Guards organization since 1975 when he was called up to play the outfield and Frank Robinson was the manager. He’s been on the TV side of the team broadcasting teams for decades.

But back to CJ Kayfus and the goat horns. The left fielder failed to catch a ball in the fourth inning leading to a Seattle four-run inning and the game.

Dominic Canzone of Seattle was the culprit, in a sense. He hit the ball Kayfus could not come up with.  Canzone, A Walsh Jesuit grad who went on to play at Ohio State and now racks up at bats for the Mariners, swung on a pitch from Ciccone and sent the ball into the air and down the left field line. Kayfus took off in the direction of the ball. As he neared it he went into a slide. Unfortunately he failed to glove the ball and it fell safely for a double. That opened the door for the Mariners who would score four times in the inning.

Kayfus must make that play. Steve Kwan, who used to play left field and had three gold gloves,  has regularly made that play over the last two seasons. The Guardians have rode their tight defense, solid bullpen clutch hitting and Jose Ramirez to back-to-back division titles.

They are a team that must be perfect to contend. They can't give away outs like they did on Sunday.

Kayfus said he had to run a long. 

“What the fans and you guys dont understand is that I’m playing 15 steps in the gap and it’s a long run. I don’t mean to make excuses, but I try to do my absolute best,” Kayfus told Cleveland.com’s Paul Hoynes. 

“I wish I could have come up with it, but it was a long run,” Kayfus said.

Cleveland travels to LaLa land tonight to take on the Dodgers. Parker Messick takes the hill for Cleveland. Roki Sasaki will pitch for the Dodgers, who are a perfect 3-0 on the young campaign.

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