Another one run loss

Great pitching by Kikuchi tonight, matched almost pitch by pitch by Cleveland's Shane Bieber.  Swarzak lost it in the bottom of the ninth.  Let the lead-off batter walk, saw him score two outs and another walk later.  In a low-scoring game small mistakes get amplified. The walk to open the inning was bad.  The two out walk was worse, because it moved the first runner into scoring position and the next batter's hit brought him in.  No second walk and it's unlikely he would have come home from first on that hit.

Five losses in a row.  Fifth loss by one-run.  Better than losing by 14, but hurts just the same.