It was the longest an MLB postseason game had gone scoreless, surpassing Game 1 of the 2020 National League Wild Card Series between the Braves and Reds by two full innings. That's how many scoreless innings were played before Gonzalez put the game's only run on the board. The Sporting News looks at some of the wildest stats from the Guardians' walk-off win. MORE: Bracket, dates, times, TV channels for every series in the 2022 MLB playoffs The Rays are headed to the offseason with questions about their offense. The 1-0 win propels the Guardians into the ALDS vs. Neither team could score in a marathon Game 2 on Saturday until Oscar Gonzalez hit a walk-off solo home run off former Cleveland pitcher Corey Kluber in the bottom of the 15th inning.ĥ hours and 15 innings later, Cleveland clinches a spot in the ALDS with this series winning HR from Oscar Gonzalez□ Both teams lived up to their reputations in the wild-card round, with the hitters combining for four runs, all on home runs, in a Guardians two-game sweep. They both rode their pitching during the season: the Rays were sixth in MLB in fewest runs allowed and the Guardians eighth. In fact, they entered as two of the three lowest-scoring teams in the playoffs, with the Mariners breaking them up at 18th. Cleveland was 15th in MLB in the regular season and Tampa Bay was 21st. The Rays and Guardians didn't come into their AL Wild Card series scoring a lot of runs.
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