The Guardians only needed 15 innings to secure a win and advance to the ALDS to face the New York Yankees. Fans had thoughts on it all.
It only took 15 innings and nearly five hours! The Cleveland Guardians put the only run on the board in the bottom of the 15th inning off a walk-off solo home run from Oscar Gonzalez. Siri was right.
It was a game that saw 16 pitchers, 432 pitches, and 39 strikeouts. It was ugly offensively, but the Guardians scored when it mattered most and move on to the divisional series to take on the New York Yankees.
Game 1 of that series will be Tuesday in the Bronx.
First, here’s the epic walk off home run to cap the lengthy game:
OSCAR GONZALEZ WALK-OFF HOMER IN THE 15th! #POSTSEASON pic.twitter.com/bVpy55LKXz
— MLB (@MLB) October 8, 2022
Best memes and Tweets about length of the game
Yankees fans were loving the game going long and putting stress on pitchers. The Guardians put up 247 pitches, 149 coming from the bullpen:
Yankees fans watching the Guardians tire out their bullpen pic.twitter.com/FtofPp5cZ4
— Daniel Studer (@DanStuder_) October 8, 2022
Yankees watching extra inning between the Guardians and Rays pic.twitter.com/yJWhqndgTW
— Steve Angelovich (@angelsteve89) October 8, 2022
Fans joked about how the Guardians and Rays were determined to push the afternoon first pitch to primetime:
MLB: Hey Guardians and Rays, you aren’t going to play at 7pm this series
— DollarDog Nick (@DollarDogNick) October 8, 2022
CLE & TB: pic.twitter.com/f4E2aiGrW8
The MLB wouldn’t give this series a primetime game
— McNeil (@Reflog_18) October 8, 2022
The Guardians & Rays are like: pic.twitter.com/Wh1LHToIdT
Even the team accounts got in on the fun Tweeting about the length of the game:
Terry Francona has begun warming in the Guardians bullpen.
— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) October 8, 2022
What is time?
— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) October 8, 2022
Someone likened the event to voting at the polls:
Other funny Tweets:
Rays and Guardians fighting for a run: pic.twitter.com/52PTF8imz9
— YankeesMuse (@YankeesMuse) October 8, 2022
The Rays and Guardians today
— br_betting (@br_betting) October 8, 2022
(via @RADELORTIZ)pic.twitter.com/SPRkmGUocn
Best memes and Tweets about the walkoff home run
The technicality police were out. The Guardians, who were previously known as the Indians, are playing under their rebranded name for the first season this year. So, technically, no, the Guardians have not lost a playoff series… yet.
The Guardians have never lost a postseason series.
— Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya) October 8, 2022
You have to love the view from the bleachers:
THE GUARDIANS HAVE WALKED OFF!! IT'S OVER! WE CAN GO HOME NOW pic.twitter.com/ScURXCPhfT
— Sir Yacht (@SirYacht_) October 8, 2022
More celebration:
THE GUARDIANS WIN IT!
— McNeil (@Reflog_18) October 8, 2022
THE GUARDIANS WIN IT!!
OMG- THE GUARDIANS WIN IT!!!!! pic.twitter.com/NbH92c0C8U