As one of the hotter teams in baseball of late, the Guardians have won seven of their last eight games to maintain a division lead in the AL Central.
And while Cleveland’s been pitching well and hitting well and, you know, doing all the good things you’d want the diamond — we got an excellent example of “everything come up Guardians” on Tuesday night against the Angels (-1.5).
In a tie 1-1 game at the bottom of the fifth inning, Cleveland’s Steven Kwan was at the plate to face L.A.’s Joe Suarez. When Kwan created contact on a soft chopper to the right, all weirdness and chaos broke out around the foul line.
You see, Kwan’s ball landed perfectly and was quite literally just fair. When Angels’ catcher Matt Thaiss and an umpire watched it roll and stop perfectly, the latter couldn’t believe it before pointing “fair.”
Everything about this play, down to the point by the umpire, is perfect. 🤣#ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/p3F4yUVBOk
— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) September 14, 2022
Steven Kwan with the perfect placement. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/iXSImPqH9c
— MLB (@MLB) September 14, 2022
Oh yeah. You probably haven’t seen a better-placed hit all MLB season than Kwan’s. Of course the Guardians would go on to win 3-1. And the reaction from everyone involved is very appropriate for this very fair ball.
MLB fans were blown away by Kwan's perfectly-placed hit on the foul line
Wow!!! https://t.co/eXoot9mTuv
— Mary Lee (@MaryInTheCLE) September 14, 2022
The luck is rolling in the guards favor https://t.co/jC8h0y2PE0
— Y2Jayz (@2lysses) September 14, 2022
This is so fake man https://t.co/7HqvzjV7Al
— adam (@_adamhess) September 14, 2022
SHEEEEEEEESH https://t.co/WA2QCmLLDe
— Jake Dickson (@jdickson93) September 14, 2022
— Pierce Drobney (@PierceAllan) September 14, 2022
Everything about this >>>> https://t.co/b4AeO6b2B0
— Mitch Spinell (@MitchSpinell) September 14, 2022
There's just no way man https://t.co/aVJiadBFQg
— Jordan Lazowski (@jlazowski14) September 14, 2022
