“Was he golfing?”: Jose Ramirez relishes 20th multi-homer game of his career as Cleveland cruised to 7-0 victory
Jose Ramirez
Jose Ramirez and Oscar Gonzalez’s consecutive home runs prove to be a nightmare for the Padres pitcher Blake Snell, the former AL Cy Young Award winner’s pitching proved to be a disaster on Wednesday afternoon at Petco Park. The 3-time Silver Slugger awardee indeed set the tone for the youngest team chasing the World Series.
Jose Ramirez’s first homer came on a drive into the left field seats. His 25th homer traveled 407 feet to left center. Gonzalez then hit his fifth homer of the season and second in as many days. On the other hand, for the San Diego Padres, Juan Soto missed a second straight game for the Padres with mid-back tightness.
“I’m glad he’s in our uniform every day because he plays the game right,” manager Terry Francona said with respect to star slugger Jose Ramirez. “He’s not always going to hit two home runs, but he shows up every day and gives you an honest effort.”
Cleveland’s starting pitcher Cal Quantrill says he would fear Jose Ramirez if he pitched against him
“He’s (Jose Ramirez) a menace,” Cal Quantrill said. “I don’t know how else to say it. He’s such an issue to deal with. There’s no clear scouting report on him. … For me, so much focus is going into getting a guy like him out that inevitably, the people around start to get better and better pitches to succeed.
“He’s (Jose Ramirez) just such a threat. You take your foot off the pedal; he hits two home runs. If he doesn’t hit home runs, he’s walking and stealing bases. He’s a complete player. I don’t have enough praise. He’s a top-five player in this sport. He’s a good leader on this team, and we’re happy to have him.”
Cleveland Guardians are baseball’s youngest club; therefore, Cal Quantrill looks like a sage veteran, among both position players (26.0 years old) and pitchers (26.4 years old), according to Baseball-Reference.com. Yet they lead the AL Central.
“I like the way we’re playing against playoff-caliber teams,” Quantrill said. “That’s a really good team over there. … That’s a team that’s in the playoff race, and we’re playing really good baseball against teams like that. That’s important.”
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