The Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Guardians were scheduled to play two at Progressive Field on Monday. The game was tied heading into the eighth inning when Royals announcer Rex Hudler pulled off an incredible—and seemingly unintentional—reverse jinx that ended up winning the game for Kansas City.

Hunter Gaddis took the mound to start the inning with Bobby Witt Jr. leading off for the Royals. As Gaddis prepared to deliver his second pitch of the inning, Hudler, calling the game with Jake Eisenberg on Bally Sports Kansas City, marveled at the fact that he had only given up three home runs all season. You can probably guess what happened next.

“Man, oh man, he’s only given up three home runs? Four!”

Hudler had barely finished his sentence by the time he was interrupted by the crack of Witt’s bat. Without missing a beat he corrected himself to reflect the new total. It was Witt’s 27th home run of the year and strangely the second appearance in a row where Gaddis surrendered a homer. It was only the third earned run he had given up in all of August and 11th of the season.

Hudler can clearly alter the course of games simply by pointing out statistics on the broadcast. That could come in handy during down the stretch.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – School districts across Northeast Ohio will be closed Tuesday due to the high temperatures and humidity.

The heat index will be around 100 degrees in some towns.

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Many communities have also opened up cooling centers for their residents.

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Besides the high heat, there is also a risk of storms tonight and Wednesday.

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CLEVELAND — As temperatures heat up this week, the National Weather Service has issued an Air Quality Alert for the greater Cleveland area through midnight on Monday through midnight on Tuesday. 

The alert will be in effect for Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Summit counties.

NWS warns the air quality will be unhealthy for sensitive groups during this time, which includes children, the elderly and those with breathing difficulties. 

NWS offered these tips to help reduce air pollution in your area: bike, walk, use transit, work from home, combine trips, turn off your engines and don’t idle, and wait to mow the lawn.