Gavin Williams recorded just two outs and was charged with five runs in his start Saturday against the Dodgers.
Williams, whose start was moved up at the last minute because of Alex Cobb’s blister issue, had plenty of velocity tonight and didn’t give up a hard-hit ball, but he walked three of the seven batters he faced and two of the balls in play against him wound up as hits. The Guardians couldn’t risk running up his pitch count too high in the first, so out he went. He still seems like a decent enough bet versus the Rays on Thursday or Friday.
