Hunter Gaddis came in to pitch for the Guardians in the bottom of the eighth looking to keep his ERA at 0.00 after pitching 2 1 ⁄ 3 before coming into the game. He ended up finishing the inning of work allowing a leadoff single and then striking out two. Furthermore, Gaddis keeps his ERA at a perfect zero point zero-zero.

The Cleveland Guardians went into Wednesday's game on April 2 looking to at least win one game in the series against the San Diego Padres. In the series' first two games, they lost 7-2 and 7-0. Ben Lively got the nod as the starter against Dylan Cease for the Padres.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Cleveland Guardians vs. Los Angeles Angels MLB game to be played on April 5, 2025 on ESPN.

The Guardians expect such feats from Ramírez, the six-time All-Star who made the All-MLB first team last season while leading Cleveland to 92 victories, the AL Central crown and the AL Championship Series. He led the Guardians in homers (39), RBIs (118) and stolen bases (41), barely missing the 40-40 club.

Looking ahead to the Guardians' starting rotation against the Angels, Gavin Williams is scheduled to start the series opener, Tanner Bibee is slotted in to take the mound in game two, and Luis Ortiz will toe the rubber for Sunday's finale.