Unfortunately, for them, as with the rest of us, they had to watch the Cleveland Indians offense be shut down by a rookie making his second career start. OFlaherty had struggled in his second season with Oakland, going 1-2 with a 5.91 ERA in 25 games….
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I needed to stay focused and locate instead of trying to rear back and throw, Anderson said.
Cody Anderson (2-3) threw 6 2/3 innings, allowing four runs-three earned-on six hits and striking out four. He allowed five hits, walked none and struck out five.
“That’s always tough, whether it’s pinch-hitting or whether it’s coming in unexpected mid-game”, A’s manager Bob Melvin said. After the game, Melvin announced that Brooks will remain in Oakland’s starting rotation.
Offensively, Chisenhall was also the team’s only major contribution with his fifth-inning moonshot of a home run.
“I think there was like 14 of them, not including the whole stadium that made me feel like family”, said Brooks. “Good heater, we saw up to 94 (mph), really good changeup, kind of both ways with sinker-slider”.
They didn’t need it on a night when Brooks pitched the best game of his brief career. It was the lone Cleveland runner to advance past first base with Brooks in the game. He left to a standing ovation in the seventh after getting Mike Aviles, hitless in his past 24 at bats, to fly out with a runner on first. “I had to make sure everything was together”.
Cleveland then scored the winning run in the ninth against Edward Mujica (2-3). Were it not for such a bad throw, the Tribe would have held down a 1-1 tie until Semien’s home run later on in the seventh inning. Salazar has a 1.53 ERA over his last four games (29 1/3 innings with 28 strikeouts).
Indians: Manager Terry Francona decided to keep leadoff hitter Jason Kipnis in the designated hitter slot to give him a chance to rest his sore shoulder. Bauer, who has never previously faced Oakland, is 5-3 with a 2.47 ERA in nine road starts this season.
Athletics: Left-hander Sean Doolittle was encouraged by his bullpen session before the game. LHP Felix Dubrount, acquired from Toronto on Friday, was added to the 25-man roster and will pitch out of the bullpen for now.
Carrasco threw a two-hitter, Carlos Santana hit a two-run homer and the Cleveland Indians beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1 on Thursday night.
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“I was getting my arm on top a little bit more and holding my glove right there, ” said Carrasco, who thought he was tipping pitches with the way he was holding his glove. Lindor hit an infield single with one out and left fielder Michael Brantley sliced an opposite field double to left.
