2024 Guardians Spring Training Players Of The Game: Game 8
The Cleveland Guardians suffered their sixth 2024 Cactus League loss with a 13-12 defeat to the Kansas City Royals yesterday afternoon.
With 90 players representing the Guardians during spring training (40-man roster, 22 non-roster invitees, and 28 depth camp players), each game’s roster will vary.
Based on Cleveland’s roster for yesterday’s game and their performances in the contest, here are four Players of the Game.
Angel Martínez, 2B
Cleveland’s sixth-ranked prospect continued his impressive spring with another strong game.
The 22-year-old went a perfect 2-for-2 at the plate with a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the first inning, a two-out, game-tying solo home run in the bottom of the third inning, and a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Martínez is hitting .636 with seven hits, one double, two home runs, five RBI, and a 1.888 OPS in six games so far this spring.
Mar 2, 2024; Goodyear, Arizona, USA; Cleveland Guardians first baseman Angel Martínez (79) bats against the Kansas City Royals during the first inning at Goodyear Ballpark.
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Daniel Schneemann, 3B
The 27-year-old finished the game with three RBI, which tied Martínez for a team-high.
Schneemann drove in all three runs with a three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning, his first home run of the spring.
Emmanuel Clase, RHP
The Guardians’ closer pitched his second consecutive scoreless frame to begin his spring.
Clase pitched a scoreless top of the third inning, allowing two hits and no walks, and throwing a pair of strikeouts.
Nick Sandlin, RHP
The right-hander, who made a career-high 61 relief appearances for Cleveland last season, pitched the top of the eighth inning for the Guardians.
Sandlin ended up facing five batters, allowing a leadoff double, an unearned run, and one walk.
Up next, Cleveland will play a pair of split-squad games against the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs today at 3:05 p.m. EST.
