N&N: Guardians walk walk off on CWS’ Clevinger

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Morning news and notes

The Guardians won in ugly fashion yesterday. But after a series of ugly losses, this was an improvement.

The pitching was great. The hitting was the furthest thing from it.

I’m not entirely convinced that Chicago’s Rule 5 starting pitcher Shane Smith looked all that special, but he didn’t give up any runs. The offense he was facing was, uh, slightly inept. I read somewhere like a week ago...