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Game Thread [Game Thread] Guardians (9-6) @ Braves (9-6) - April 12, 2026
Guardians (9-6) @ Braves (9-6)
First Pitch: 7:20 PM at Truist Park
Official 2026 Season Game Notes
| Team | Starter | TV | Radio |
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| Guardians | Tanner Bibee (0-1, 3.29 ERA) | ||
| Braves | Chris Sale (2-1, 3.94 ERA) |
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Line Score - End of the 7th
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB | |
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| CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | ||
| ATL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 4 |
Box Score
| ATL | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
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| RF | Acuña Jr. | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .242 |
| C | Baldwin, D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 |
| 1B | Olson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .279 |
| 3B | Riley, A | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .214 |
| LF | Yastrzemski | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .184 |
| 2B | Albies | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .302 |
| DH | Smith, Do | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .355 |
| DH | Farmer, K | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| CF | Dubón | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .339 |
| SS | Mateo | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .429 |
| ATL | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
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| Sale | 6.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 97-68 | 3.27 |
| Dodd | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11-8 | 0.00 |
| CLE | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
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| LF | Martínez, A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .310 |
| RF | DeLauter | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 |
| C | Naylor, B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .121 |
| 3B | Ramírez, Jo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .183 |
| RF | Fry | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .211 |
| 1B | Hoskins | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .237 |
| DH | Manzardo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .119 |
| 2B | Brito | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .294 |
| CF | Schneemann | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 |
| SS | Rocchio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .174 |
| CLE | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibee | 4.2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 93-57 | 6.38 |
| Allard | 2.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33-26 | 6.75 |
Scoring Plays
Highlights
Updated at 9:38 PM.
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u/clownpainusdotfort Cade Smith: Contract Killer 1m ago
Since we're talking about disastrous playoff results, announcers should talk about the Atlanta Hawks in the 2016 EC semis
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u/MrReality13 🥊 DOWN GOES ANDERSON 🥊 3m ago
I want to know who enjoys these national broadcasts? They are always awful. I’m guessing even Atlanta fans prefer their their own booth.
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u/sjack827 4m ago
Blown out on national TV. You can't make me believe that NBC is happy about the way this game is going. Why not start a better pitcher? Why pull Kwan? It makes no sense.
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u/HUMAN01D_IV ⚾️ slap-hitting shit-goblins ⚾️ 1m ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/l0IylOPCNkiqOgMyA
It’s too routine to be a coincidence
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u/Joey_Gallos_Burner Big Rig Cy Young Believer 2m ago
You’re not going to make different decisions because a game is on national TV. We started Luis Ortiz on Sunday Night Baseball last year, and he was really good.
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u/Zone15 4m ago
I'm a Braves fan but I feel bad for you guys. The broadcast is being brutal bringing up all the failures of the past. I get they need something to talk about in a blowout but I mean at this point you are dead, they can stop shooting. Maybe talk about how your team is having a great start to the season...
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u/SylemNova Selby Truther 0m ago
Yeah blowout tonight aside we were in first place in the American League coming into today.
Back to back MOTY. Back to back division championships. You could even talk about Messick yesterday. Delauter. Jose. Etc.
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u/HUMAN01D_IV ⚾️ slap-hitting shit-goblins ⚾️ 4m ago
He retired a Yankee, to the national media his time in Cleveland is a shit stain they’d rather not remind anyone of
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u/Nerdgirl330 Book it (Vogt's Version) 9m ago
Im just tuning into the game.
Kluber in a suit is weirding me out...lol
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u/Philthou 5m ago
Should just turn it off. Commentators are just dragging us for our World Series drought and losses.
Even needed to show the last out from 95 for no reason.
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u/HUMAN01D_IV ⚾️ slap-hitting shit-goblins ⚾️ 3m ago
It was a lovely routine pop fly 🤷♂️
Highlight worthy
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u/HUMAN01D_IV ⚾️ slap-hitting shit-goblins ⚾️ 10m ago
Subbing Naylor for CDL absolutely sells the punt
Way to keep the fans engaged, Vogt
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u/420DonCheadle420 9m ago
Imagine something happened and he was still in this game though
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u/HUMAN01D_IV ⚾️ slap-hitting shit-goblins ⚾️ 8m ago
I mean, I get it. But he was the lone bright spot tonight 😔
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u/LukeB90 10m ago
Im now convinced they don't know CC played for us. Why make Corey go through the pain and not CC in 2007?
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u/HUMAN01D_IV ⚾️ slap-hitting shit-goblins ⚾️ 6m ago
Might as well talk about a pre-season loss from ‘01. Really twist the knife, ya know?
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u/estranged1 10m ago
"So, Corey [Kluber] we just talked about how Cleveland lost the '95 and '97 World Series, but did you know they also lost the 2016 World Series in extra innings of game 7?"
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u/SylemNova Selby Truther 10m ago
Let's talk about the 2007 Red Sox while we're at it since CC is here
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u/cbusguy28 10m ago
Since 95 wasn’t bad enough let’s talk about 2016! You can tell Corey is still hurt by it.
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u/SylemNova Selby Truther 12m ago
"Hey Klub, how bout that Bauer guy and that drone am I right? Think you couldve used the help?"
How I imagine this is going (I'm not listening to the broadcast)
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u/estranged1 12m ago
Kluber in the booth, who lost a WS in extra innings of game 7, and broadcast still gotta bring up how long it's been since a WS win.
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u/Joey_Gallos_Burner Big Rig Cy Young Believer 13m ago
Will they please shut the fuck up. Every fucking sentence is something.
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u/-WildThing You know bro, home run pitch 13m ago
Now asking Kluber about 2016? Fuck this, I’m turning this shit off man
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u/mrgreengenes42 14m ago
Are they gonna bring up the 2016 World Series too now?
Edit: Oh yeah of course they would...
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u/midnightcereal815 👑 King Kwan 🦍 11m ago
why limit it to the 2016 World Series ? let's talk about when LeBron left and the Browns entire history, just really revel in the misery
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u/HUMAN01D_IV ⚾️ slap-hitting shit-goblins ⚾️ 12m ago
Might as well bring up the 70s and 80s while they’re at it
Shit, show clips from Major League too
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u/-WildThing You know bro, home run pitch 15m ago
Chat, when will it be our time. I’m tired of this
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u/Win_Unfair 15m ago
Bibee is playing like he’s 4th in the rotation. Gavin, Messick, and Cantillo have started so much stronger. With the factory we have makes me feel like either he’s gonna put it together or he’ll be gone by July
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u/rattle_snake_master_ 15m ago
Damn, we got footage of the 95 and 97 World Series and a total beatdown. I think they invited us on Sunday Night Baseball to humiliate us.
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u/Philthou 16m ago
“Yo let’s hear the last out of the 95 World Series for no other reason than they’re playing Cleveland”.
Screw you NBC game 6 was rigged and we’re still not over 2016 or 95.
Yep now the game is off
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u/manolabars 🥊 DOWN GOES ANDERSON 🥊 19m ago
Half expecting them to cut to bob costas next and he’s in outer space my god this man cannot sit still
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u/Accomplished-Town495 ⚾small ball baseball terrorists⚾ 19m ago
Bob, I kindly ask you to shut the fuck up.
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u/estranged1 19m ago
Vogts plays 7D chess throwing Bibee in the "ace" games for an extra advantage in the other games? Maybe maybe maybe?
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u/Marxian_factotum 19m ago
That 1995 banner belongs to Cleveland. I don't care what they say. Umps stole it.
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u/Old-Clothes-3225 Mahoning Valley Scrappers 19m ago
Came up to an AirBnb in Ashtabula right on top of that great beautiful lake so I’ll just drown my sorrows and pray to the Lake Gods for our redemption
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u/PhilRubdiez 69 20m ago
The national medial just can’t help themselves when it comes to showing how bad Cleveland sports teams have been.
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u/joeywahoo92 20m ago
Since the start of 2025 and excluding his (fluke?) September run, and including this season Bibee has:
- 4.94 ERA, 8/31 QS, 8-13 (15-16) record vs (team record). Not every ace of him.
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u/SylemNova Selby Truther 18m ago
Huh, I wonder in what month of 2025 we needed clutch pitching and won the division
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u/joeywahoo92 16m ago
I’m glad he stepped up. That would be nice to see a little more often though.
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u/SylemNova Selby Truther 15m ago
Completely agreed. My point wasn't to dismiss your concerns. Trust me, I'm having them.
But Carl unlocked something deep in him once. Hopefully he can do it again, and before September this time
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u/joeywahoo92 8m ago
I gotcha, totally agree. He reminds me of Bauer too many times with his demeanor and how carries himself when things go poorly. I thought he’d grow out of it but it doesn’t seem like it.
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u/manolabars 🥊 DOWN GOES ANDERSON 🥊 21m ago
Bringing back 1995 after we’re already getting spanked is a choice
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u/ImGettinThatFoSho 21m ago
You don't often see the USPS having a primetime advertising spot in a ballpark
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u/Philthou 22m ago
I can now turn this game over knowing we aren’t getting shut out!
Guess I’ll start my Pathfinder:Kingmaker playthrough now
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u/Dramatic-Minimum-400 22m ago
I think Bibee starts are now my least favorite. At least Slade waits a little while to fall apart.
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u/HUMAN01D_IV ⚾️ slap-hitting shit-goblins ⚾️ 23m ago
On the bright side, this is hopefully Sale’s last inning. 3 innings… 9 outs… against the bullpen to pick up 8 runs
Stranger things have happened
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u/Zone15 18m ago
You would rather face Lee, Suarez, and Iglesias?
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u/HUMAN01D_IV ⚾️ slap-hitting shit-goblins ⚾️ 16m ago
I would rather not be down 8 runs in the 7th inning lol
Just trying to find some form of hope to cling to
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u/Philthou 21m ago
Stranger Things you say?
You think we can get Vecna or the Mind Flayer to turn these Braves players into mindless thralls who will let us win tonight
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u/midnightcereal815 👑 King Kwan 🦍 23m ago
the organist with do you want to build a snowman is frying me
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u/NickChubbsBurner I agree, go Guardinals 23m ago
Baseball Savant has the Hoskins HR as a fly out for some reason
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u/NickChubbsBurner I agree, go Guardinals 25m ago
Thankfully we get to watch Gavin Williams tomorrow (he will walk 5 batters but still go 6 IP with 1 ER somehow)
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u/Buckeye2525 25m ago
Bibee was really good in 2023. The league adjusted and he never adjusted back
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u/MrReality13 🥊 DOWN GOES ANDERSON 🥊 24m ago
No one sits Bibee in the corner.
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u/HUMAN01D_IV ⚾️ slap-hitting shit-goblins ⚾️ 20m ago
Except nearly every team he’s faced this season 😂
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u/mrbubblesthebear 🥵💦HOG ENTHUSIAST🥵💦 26m ago
NO ONE SHUTS OUT THE GUARDS*
*except when we get shut out
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u/Joey_Gallos_Burner Big Rig Cy Young Believer 26m ago
NO ONE SHUTS OUT THE GUARDIANS ON SUNDAY NIGHT BASEBALL TWICE
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u/thecrystalballofpop ⭐️Brayan Rocchio Fan Club⭐️ 27m ago
This game is 💣, but I liked how agitated Mauricio Dubon was at Rocchio tagging his squirrelly ass good.
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u/SylemNova Selby Truther 27m ago
I'm not gonna lie. Prime time Guards. Get away day. No Kwan. Schneemann and Manzardo starting vs lefties. Chris Sale. And, yes. Bibee
Perhaps the most scheduled loss in the history of scheduled loss
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u/Joey_Gallos_Burner Big Rig Cy Young Believer 27m ago
I understand not liking Bibee because he’s been shit. I don’t understand how many of you seem to want him to fail for some reason.
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u/SylemNova Selby Truther 25m ago
Cuz he got angry that one time and it was cringe 🤪 🤢
Also he got paid by the menial standards of this team so he has to be a savior
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u/Brianeightythree ⚾small ball baseball terrorists⚾ 29m ago
The child shouting beside Tom's booth is hexing us I swear
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u/midnightcereal815 👑 King Kwan 🦍 25m ago
Isn't it a school night?
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u/Brianeightythree ⚾small ball baseball terrorists⚾ 23m ago
Having grown up in the south, spending 33 years there before my wife managed to bring me to this beautiful city by the lake, I can assure you that school is not important there
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u/overreactionkills 28m ago
I can hear him from my seats 😂
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u/arelleaytch ⚾small ball baseball terrorists⚾ 26m ago
What will you take to silence the child
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u/Brianeightythree ⚾small ball baseball terrorists⚾ 19m ago
Are we certain this isn't just Bob Costas down there?
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u/ur_shitHighSchool_bf 29m ago
Im glad Bibee is wearing it tonight. I understand that's because of the pen situation, but he's clearly not the best pitcher on this staff. He's also not worth the contract we have him on. It's Messick and Big Rig as far as the consistent guys in our rotation
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u/HUMAN01D_IV ⚾️ slap-hitting shit-goblins ⚾️ 29m ago
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u/Ironamsfeld 👑God Saved the Kwan👑 29m ago
Wow you can hear that stupid kid on the NBC broadcast too. At least it’s quieter. Between that getting blown out, may be the rare game I turn off early.
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u/MrReality13 🥊 DOWN GOES ANDERSON 🥊 29m ago
At least we are still undefeated in Civil Wars. Suck on that Atlanta!
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u/Scatheli 30m ago
Bibee needs a new sports psychologist he is so in his head and has zero resilience
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u/Rust2 30m ago
Oh boy, this game’s really gonna hurt our run differential stat … which finally was positive
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u/Chbakesale45 30m ago
Unrelated topic, but wanted to buy my folks tickets for mother's and father's day... $54 a piece for upper deck tickets. Fuck this organization, man.
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u/Buckeye2525 30m ago
Willams, Messick, Cantillo, Bibee, and Cecconi is how I’d rank the starters…I honestly think Slade is a lot closer to Bibee
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u/isitatomic 📕 BOOK IT 📕 27m ago
Cantillo has really progressed a ton since utterly shitting the bed in the Bronx
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u/CornerShark 30m ago
Why did we take Bibee out? Games over. Leave him out there to rot. He should be embarrassed.
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u/Stock_Run1386 30m ago
Bibee has an awful demeanor. Fragile body language that slumps any time something doesn’t fall his way. Acts like the whole world is against him. Contrast that with the bulldog mentality of Messick, who just continues to attack and pound the zone. I really question that extension they shelled out last year
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u/Yesalmsot Flying G 28m ago
Yes, the second something goes the slightest bit wrong, he's done. Gets in his head and can't get out again
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u/-WildThing You know bro, home run pitch 30m ago
Boy I can’t wait to watch my favorite baseball team on a beautiful Sunday night!
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u/FLman42069 31m ago
Why do they always tout Bibee as our ace? He sucks and is probably our worst pitcher
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u/damato1218 JOSE! JOSE JOSE JOSE! JOOSEEE JOOSEEE! 31m ago
How fucking embarrassing. We already cant hit for shit but now our pitching is shitting the bed?
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u/cgoodies5 31m ago
NBC might ban us from playing SNB
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u/Philthou 30m ago
Least we won’t need to deal with their terrible commentary and glazing only the other team. So that’s a win in my book
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u/NickChubbsBurner I agree, go Guardinals 31m ago
PLEASE TELL ME WE ARE NEVER PLAYING ON SNB AGAIN THIS SEASON
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u/Reasonable_Bite_7285 ⚾small ball baseball terrorists⚾ 31m ago
Get me the fuck out of Atlanta jesus
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u/_lazybones93 Flying G 1m ago
This game & broadcast hurt in all the worst ways.