Milwaukee Brewers’ Jean Segura hits a two-run home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians Tuesday, July 21, 2015, in Milwaukee.
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Kyle Lohse of the Milwaukee Brewers’ pitches to Jason Kipinis of the Cleveland Indians’ duri …
The Cleveland Indians travel to Miller Park to open an interleague series with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Segura snared a grounder by right fielder Brandon Moss and made a quick toss to Ramirez, who hit the bag and nailed the relay.
“They are always huge, no matter what game”, Garza said of the double plays. Garza, who is winless in his last five outings, has been torched for 29 runs on 48 hits over that 30-inning stretch.
Meanwhile, after seeing heavy usage in last night’s game, the Cleveland bullpen was called in to action again, but had better success this time.
Cravy was a 17th-round pick in the 2009 amateur draft out of Napa Valley College in California and made his big-league debut in that June 2 start against the Cardinals, when he allowed just one run on four hits over seven innings with six strikeouts.
Gerardo Parra hit Salazar’s first pitch for the first of his two triples. Matt Garza comes off the disabled list after battling a shoulder problem to face Cleveland. He stays through the ball probably even moreso when runners are in scoring position. Alas, after a Murphy single, Santana contrived to… ground into a double play. Outfielder Michael Bourn, who will likely be in the lineup, has hit.
“I think his track record keeps him in there”, Counsell said.
“You get into a situation where one swing can beat you, you start pitching a little different”, manager Terry Francona said about Allen.
The Brewers announced the signing of seven global players, including catcher Jose Sibrian from Venezuela.
See the ball, hit the ball and drive the runners in.
“That’s the difference in his starts where he goes six innings, two runs, and where they put up four or five runs”. Indians DH/OF Nick Swisher was given a day off and will continue his minor league rehab stint Thursday with Double-A Akron…. Milwaukee added a run in the ninth and brought the winning run to the plate against right-hander Cody Allen, but Khris Davis bounced into a double play to end it, snapping the Brewers’ four-game winning streak and giving Allen his 20th save of the season. Overall they’ve gone 13-4 in their past 17 games thanks to an offense that’s averaging 5.9 runs and batting. The team was targeting Tuesday’s game for Garza’s return. Meanwhile, in the Brewers bullpen, Michael Blazek and Neal Cotts each allowed a run in their appearances, while Jonathan Broxton pitch 1.1 clean innings.
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Runs were hard to come by in the first half for the Cleveland Indians, who went into the All-Star break 12th in the American League with 363.
