The Guardians made it 5-2 in the eighth on Manzardo’s sacrifice fly. Steven Kwan opened the inning with a single and went to third on Ramirez’s double down the left field line. Manzardo delivered Kwan on a fly ball to left.

The Cleveland Guardians fell to the still undefeated San Diego Padres in game two of the three game series.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Cleveland Guardians vs. San Diego Padres MLB game to be played on March 31, 2025 on ESPN.

Trusting Padres scouts Jake Koenig and Danny Sader, Preller and staff drafted Merrill with the 27th overall pick four years ago, then signed for under the MLB-recommended slot that enabled Preller to devote more money to other signings.

Ben Lively made an emergency opening day start for the Guardians on March 27 in Kansas City. Scheduled starter Tanner Bibee was stricken with food poisoning and Lively arrived from the team’s spring training site in Goodyear,

All-Star outfielder Jackson Merrill started paying immediate dividends on the $135 million, nine-year contract he and the San Diego Padres agreed to on

Jackson Merrill and Luis Arraez homered Wednesday as the San Diego Padres extended their franchise-record season-opening winning streak to seven games with a 5-2 win over the visiting Cleveland Guardians.

The Guardians and Padres wrap up their three-game series on Wednesday afternoon at Petco Park. First pitch is at 4:10 p.m. Eastern. While the game will be streamed on CleGuardians.TV, several streaming services will also broadcast the game live,