Guardians 8, Athletics 6: Winning is Fun

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Strong offensive performance powers Guardians to win behind Cecconi quality.

Slade was amazing today. The final line won’t reflect that. He had 17+ outs on 3 or fewer pitches tonight, and barring a few bad pitches to Langeliers and Rooker, was dominant. His bid for the first 9-inning complete game start by a Guardian since 2022 was spoiled by some poor defense from Johnathan Rodriguez in right field. More on that later.

The offense was fantastic, again, tonight.