The Cleveland Guardians and Tampa Bay Rays are gonna have to chill for another day before they can get back to the American League Championship Series. Game 4 got straight up postponed thanks to a whole lot of rain pouring down in Cleveland. Man, what a bummer.
Progressive Field Turns Into a Puddle
The teams were all set to light up Progressive Field Friday night for an 8 p.m. ET first pitch, but Mother Nature had other plans. Rain started coming down before anyone could even think about taking the mound, and it kept on falling. MLB had to announce a rain delay an hour before the game was supposed to kick off. You saw the grounds crew out there, bless ’em, trying to squeegee the warning track and do their thing, but the tarp kept going back on. After about an hour past when Shawn Armstrong was supposed to get out there for Cleveland, the league threw in the towel and pushed the game back. Total drag for everyone ready to watch some postseason baseball.
Series Momentum on Hold
This isn’t just a minor blip either, this postponement messes with both Game 4 and Game 5. The Guardians are holding onto a pretty sweet 2-1 lead right now, and you gotta wonder what this delay does to their momentum. You never want to interrupt a hot streak, you know? While these two are battling it out for the AL pennant, the MLB postseason is still rolling with the National League Championship Series too. Over there, the Milwaukee Brewers already took Game 1 against the Los Angeles Dodgers back on October 11 at American Family Field. Guys like Abner Uribe, Jacob Misiorowski, Manager Pat Murphy, Garrett Mitchell, Joey Ortiz, Jake Bauers, Brice Turang, Cooper Pratt, and William Contreras were all in on that action.
So, for the Guardians and Rays, it’s a waiting game now. Game 4 will finally go down, pushing everything back a day. That 2-1 lead for Cleveland is gonna be tested, big time. You know both teams are itching to get back on that field and keep fighting for a spot in the World Series.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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