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“This is the lefty that haunts their dreams,” Paul Hoynes declared bluntly on the latest Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast. “No matter what team he pitches for, no matter what team he plays for, he always seems to face the Guardians and he always seems to come out one step ahead of them.”

PHOENIX -- Brayan Rocchio hit a two-run homer, rookie C.J. Kayfus had a solo shot and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1 on Monday night.

On a night the Guardians squandered two leads and watched a Diamondbacks speedster make team history, even a José Ramírez home run couldn’t help in the desert. Cleveland spent much of the night watchi

It’s Monday, August 18 and the Guardians (63-60) are in Phoenix to take on the Diamondbacks (60-65). Gavin Williams is slated to take the mound for Cleveland against Zac Gallen for Arizona.

Preview the Aug. 19 matchup between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Cleveland Guardians with recent trends, how to watch, livestream info, and more.

Ben Johnson is trotting out plenty of Bears starters again Friday, this time on the road against the perennial Super Bowl-contending Kansas City Chiefs, who will start the teams' preseason finale with their ones as well.