Guards ready for series in St. Louis

 April 13. Just filed my taxes. At the public library. Owe the fed nearly a grand, get money back from the state. know for certain that I owe those blood suckers at RITA. That’s for damn sure.

But I turn my attention to tonight’s game in St. Louis. Let’s see how Gavin Williams does on the hill  this evening. He is the Guard's best starting pitcher, in my humble opinion. It’s one based on three seasons of direct observation. So let’s see how he does against the National League’s St. Louis Cardinals  down below the Mason-Dixon line where the Guards have struggled. They just lost 2-out-of-3 over the weekend to the Hotanta Braves. Lay off the sweet tea, fellas.
Back to this evening, another thing  to watch is how  Williams fares while facing a hostile crowd. Will he freeze up and fail miserably? Or come out firing strikes and dispatching hitters with ease? I don't think it will mess with him, but you never know.
On the young campaign, Williams is 1-1 with an ERA of 2.04 and 25 strikeouts.
Cleveland is 9-7. Tied for first place with the Minnesota Twins.
St. Louis has a lot of history in the MLB. The franchise is probably best known for a run in the 30s when it was known as the Gas House Gang and featured the pitching of the Dean brothers, Dizzy and Paul aka Dazzy. The duo combined to win 34 games in 1934 and led St. Louis to a World Series title.
St. Louis was home to one of the sweetest swinging hitters of all time, Stan “The Man” Musial.  He finished with  a career batting average of .331 in 22 seasons that lasted from 1941 to 1964 and took off three years to fight in World War II.


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