Finally, nearly three weeks delayed, there was spring training baseball in 2022. OSU product Tanner Tully got the starting nod for the Indi...err Guardians, making him the answer to the not at all contrived trivia question “Who was the first player to perform an in-game baseball action wearing a Cleveland Guardians uniform?” Tully, who like the rest of the pitchers used in the game were minor leaguers who had been in camp for a few weeks before the lockout was lifted and the major leaguers arrived, acquitted himself well, allowing just a walk and fanning four over three innings of work. Fellow Buckeye Ronnie Dawson was a substitute for the Reds and drew a walk, stole a base, and lined out to left.
Two Reds errors were key in allowing the Guardians to win their first exhibition game. Ernie Clement scored the tying run in the fifth after Trey Amburgey booted a single he was fielding in right, and Bryan Rocchio reached on Matt McLain’s throwing error in the seventh and came around to score the winning tally.
I usually don't use the team nicknames on a scoresheet, but for this special occasion (and a few other lasts and firsts for the Indians/Guardians) I used the nickname for each team's lineup header while sticking with team name on the top line.
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