Five takeaways from the Guardians’ three-game series against Arizona in which they went 1-2. Parker Messick’s big-league debut on Wednesday may have been the most impressive by a Cleveland pitcher since Danny Salazar’s on July 11,

The ending didn’t match the storybook script, but Parker Messick is off and running. The 24-year-old lefty, recalled from Triple-A Columbus earlier in the day, dazzled in his Major League debut Wednesday at Chase Field.