Cody Allen has only blown two save opportunities in the last two months.
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Veteran Mike Napoli added more fuel to the fire on his torrid stretch at the plate by continuing to run roughshod over the Chicago White Sox.
White Sox right fielder Adam Eaton, the hero of Wednesday’s game after hitting a ninth-inning grand slam, started the Thursday’s contest with a walk and second baseman Tyler Saladino followed with a free pass of his own.
The strategy paid off Thursday night when Naquin lofted a game-ending sacrifice fly in the ninth inning that lifted the Indians over the Chicago White Sox 5-4.
After the game, Eaton told reporters he “was so flustered about my swing before, I was just trying to make contact. apparently I blew a bubble”.
Delivering in clutch situations is one of the most impactful elements of baseball. Obviously, it was a tough one, but it’s one ballgame. “That’s not easy to do, but he was ready, and it showed”, Francona said. Bauer enters with a 9-5 record and 3.97 ERA. He has made one start against the White Sox this year.
The Indians took a 7-5 lead on Brandon Guyer’s two-run single in the fifth, which they held until the final frame.
Dioner Navarro’s bases-loaded single scored Todd Frazier to pull Chicago within 7-6. Even when the night starts off bad, you kind of have something to hang you hat on because he really did a good job. “Fortunately, we threw the last punch”.
Miller, acquired from the Yankees at the trade deadline, needed only 16 pitches to get through the seventh and eighth. The first-time All-Star pitched two flawless innings Tuesday in a 3-1 win to open the series. They didn’t collect their second hit until a Jose Abreu infield single in the sixth inning, and they couldn’t tack on another run until the seventh.
Cleveland lost, 3-2, to Boston yesterday, snapping its five-game home winning streak with the setback.
“It’s getting a lot easier, ” he said, “seeing the pitchers a couple of times”. “They’re a first-place team”.
Adam Eaton put an end to that in stunning fashion.
Indians RHP Carlos Carrasco went 6 2/3 innings and struck out 11.
Anthony Ranaudo, recalled from Triple-A Charlotte before the game, allowed five runs in four innings.
“Quintana is good, he’s really good”, Indians manager Terry Francona said. Doing it while putting good wood on the ball – itself a hard task – presumably heightens the difficulty level. He is 5 for 14 on his rehab assignment with the Barons. Tomlin was placed on the family emergency list on Wednesday and returned to his home in Tyler, Texas. The Indians have outscored the White Sox 37-13 during their current win streak in the series.
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The Indians received contributions from all over, including two RBI singles by Jose Ramirez; an RBI single by Francisco Lindor; an RBI double by Davis; and two late-inning doubles that turned into runs by Almonte.
