Rainy night brings gloomy result for Guards

 They say it never rains in Southern California. It did last night. And on a wet sloppy night the Guardians went down to defeat to the Dodgers in Los Angeles, 4-1. They also lost their rookie sensation. When it rains it pours.

Dodgers do-it-all superstar Shoei Ohtani shutout the Guardians offense in six innings on the mound while striking out six, walking three and allowing just one hit. Los Angeles used four pitchers in all.

Cleveland scored its run in the ninth inning on an RBI base hit by Bryan Rocchio. The rain was still falling when the Guardians finally scored. 

Dodger third baseman Max Muncy had a big night at the plate collecting two hits. He blasted a home run to right field, a towering shot, that gave the Dodgers a 2-0. Guardians reliever Kolby Allard was touched up for the home run, which was crushed.

There was more bad news than just the loss. The Guardians rookie sensation Chase DeLauter was hurt. In his first plate appearance in the first inning he fouled a ball off his left foot. He was in obvious pain and remained in a game, but was pulled after the at bat. Radio play-by-play man Tom Hamilton noted DeLauter didn't even attempt to run to first base to end his at bat. He also noted that DeLauter limped off the field and went right down the dugout tunnel to the clubhouse which is typically a clear indicator that player's day is done.

Guardians starting pitcher Tanner Bibee worked four innings and allowed a run. He was saddled with the loss.

Have to get back at it tonight. Guards finish up the series and the road trip. Gavin Williams takes the mound for Cleveland against Yoshinobu Yamamoto at 8:20 p.m. So it's a bit of an early start. 

I watched the last four or so innings last night. I listened the start of the game. I was on the treadmill when I saw the injury alert comes across my MLB app. I was following the game on line.

Opening Day is Friday. Good Friday. The Catholic Church has said no hot dogs at the game.

Yankees blanked Seattle, 5-0. Max Fried pitched seven innings and picked up the win for the Yanks. 

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