The Cleveland Guardians’ offense has been their biggest weakness in the ALDS so far. They have been excluded in two games in a row and are therefore facing elimination.

One player still starting is Steven Kwan, who made franchise history in the first inning of Game 4 of the ALDS.

Kwan opened the game with a base hit single to right field to get the Guardians offense going early. This extends his postseason hit streak to nine games (through the 2022 ALDS), tied with Tony Fernandez (1997) for the second-most in club history.

After reaching base in the first inning, Cleveland’s All-Star outfielder scored the game’s first run, giving the Guardians a crucial one-run lead.

Through the first four games of the postseason, Kwan had a .500 batting average (6-for-12) and an OPS of 1.154. This is more of what Kwan fans have come to know in his first two seasons in the big leagues.

Hw also now has a career playoff batting average of .357 and an OPS of .889.

Kwan struggled greatly in the second half of the season, hitting just .206/.316/.302 since the All-Star break. Not to mention, he missed the final two weeks of the season with a back injury, which raised questions about his performance in October.

The Guardians still have a long way to go to win Game 4 of the series and still need to overcome Tarik Skubal in Game 5 to win the series.

However, Kwan started the game with a base hit, which was exactly what they needed to get the bats going.