He did that, and more.
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Jose Ramirez scored two runs and knocked in two more, and the Cleveland Indians overcame the injury loss of starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco to complete a three-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers 6-3 on Sunday at Comerica Park. I still think it was a smart idea, but this is why they say you can never have enough pitching.
“All it takes whether it’s an individual slump or a losing streak, all it takes is one hit in one game and all of a sudden it’s erased and sometimes the hardest thing is winning that one game”.
The Indians lost starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco to a hamstring injury in the third inning during a 6-3 win Sunday, and the prognosis doesn’t look great.
Andrew Miller (1-0) worked a scoreless inning for the win, getting a double-play grounder to end the ninth.
Verlander allowed two earned runs on four hits.
“It usually takes me about 80 pitches to get going”, said Bauer, with a smile.
Matt Boyd: Gave the Tigers exactly what they needed, going 3 2/3 innings giving up just two hits and two walks. “That was fun to watch”.
The Tigers got one back in the fifth on Saltalamacchia’s sixth home run.
“Everyone did a good job”, Francona said. “We poured it on, got five more in the third and kept scoring the whole game”. The Tigers offense finally made it interesting in the eighth, driving in a run and loaded the bases. Detroit has dropped four of its last five.
“It was big to go right back up”, Francona said. After winning his first two starts, Sanchez struggled against Houston on Sunday, yielding a pair of solo homers and five runs in eight hits in 110 pitches over five innings of a 5-4 defeat.
CHICAGO – The White Sox have placed catcher Alex Avila on the 15-day disabled list because of an injured right hamstring.
“He certainly didn’t have a good outing, but the first inning wasn’t that bad”, manager Brad Ausmus said.
Victor Martinez, one of the team’s clubhouse leaders, wasn’t talking about what happened after the game, but acknowledged the team isn’t doing well.
“I’d rather give him days off on the road”, Ausmus said. Carey was Ernie Harwell’s radio broadcast partner from 1973-91, including the Tigers’ 1984 World Series championship season.Byrd saw what he liked on the first pitch from Verlander in the seventh, sending it over fence for a tiebreaking homer.The Tigers clubhouse was closed for nearly 30 minutes after the loss.”Baseball’s a season of ebbs and flows”, Ausmus said. Carrasco was widely regarded as the No.2 starter to Corey Kluber in the Indians’ rotation.
MOVING ON UP: Ramon De Jesus became the first Dominican-born umpire to be on the field in a Major League Baseball game.
Sanchez is 4-3 with a 2.73 ERA in nine lifetime games versus the Indians.
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There was a moment of silence and a white flag with “PC”, on it was raised, just below the US flag, and the team plans to keep it up all season.
