![]() ![]() ![]() So one, we want to be careful when it doesn’t work, kind of condemning the play, because I actually thought he was thinking, and he didn’t just react. “If he throws that ball on line, everybody’s saying that’s the play of the night. “Because they pinch-ran, we couldn’t defend the stolen base, and I actually thought it was a pretty heads-up play. “I think when it’s all said and done, it’s easy to say, ‘Oh, just take the out,’ ” Francona said. Guardians manager Terry Francona believed that Giménez made the right play. The ball skipped away from catcher Cam Gallagher, and pinch-runner Brett Phillips, who had been running on the play, alertly took third before Drury delivered his sacrifice fly. Trout moved to third on Anthony Rendon’s single and scored when Hunter Renfroe hit a grounder to second baseman Andrés Giménez, who threw wide of home when he could have taken the easy out. Trout opened the inning with a laser shot to left-center off Clase, who broke 100 mph on 13 pitches in the inning. Josh Naylor hit a 442-foot home run in the eighth to give the Guardians a 4-3 lead before Clase, the major league saves leader, blew it. ![]()
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