Bauer went 8 1/3 innings, surrendering four hits, before manager Terry Francona pulled him after 103 pitches. The 36-year-old flashed signs of the excitement he brought to the organization during his tenure between 2002-2005 with a leadoff double, three runs scored, and two more singles to boot. Rojas was tagged out by Lindor on the play.
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In a 10-0 victory over the Indians on August 2, 2013, Fernandez pitched eight scoreless innings on three hits with 14 strikeouts and one walk. To do so, they will have to beat the Miami Marlins one last time.
The game seemed headed in a different direction when the Marlins broke out with three runs off Trevor Bauer when four of the first five batters reached. Crisp scored, and a wild throw to third by right fielder Ichiro Suzuki allowed Kipnis to score, giving the Indians a 7-3 lead.
The top three hitters in the Indians’ lineup – Coco Crisp, Kipnis and Francisco Lindor – combined to go 9 for 12 against Fernandez. Emotions remained high as first base coach Perry Hill was ejected in the ninth. He was doused with ice water and left with the large bucket resting on his shoulders.
“Unfortunately, I couldn’t give a chance for my team to win”, Fernandez said.
“Ichiro, he’s still moving very well out there”, he said. “If they get through that one, a guy like Jose is usually going to be pretty good”. He came really close. After Scott Schebler singled one out later to load the bases, Suarez got his first career game-ending hit.
BREWERS 10, PIRATES 0: Domingo Santana had his first career two-home run game and Jonathan Villar hit his first grand slam as visiting Milwaukee completed a three-game sweep and handed Pittsburgh its sixth straight loss.
“That kind of game ends a really bad trip for us”, manager Don Mattingly said. “That’s a tough one to take”. Almonte’s double added two more for Cleveland, which began the night leading second-place Detroit by 4 1/2 games in the AL Central.
In his second season, Lindor is now slashing.319/.363/.461, with 26 doubles, 14 homers, and 66 runs batted in, if anyone was anxious about a sophomore slump, and leads the Tribe in bWAR. Martin Prado drew a walk, and Christian Yelich clubbed a double off the center-field wall, scoring both runners to make it 2-0. “That’s a huge thing to have and it’s fun to be part of it”. “We’re at the point where we have to win every game”.
The Marlins are 1-5 in their last six road games, 1-7 in their last eight overall, but 4-0 in Koehler’s last four Sunday starts while the Tribe are 11-2 in their last 13 interleague games, 5-0 in their last five overall, and 41-18 in their last 59 home games.
Jason Kipnis had two hits, including a two-run home run.Leading 5-3, the Indians blew it open with two runs in the sixth inning.
Filling in for the resting Mike Napoli, Santana made a full-extension dive to his right side to rob Suzuki of a hit and put Bauer in a state of shear amazement. They also defeated the Indians in the 1997 World Series. Rodney proceeded to walk the bases loaded before giving up the game-winning hit. The team hopes to activate him later this month. Gomes will start a second game as DH at Akron on Sunday.
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YANKEES 5, ORIOLES 2: Chase Headley and Austin Romine had two RBIs apiece, and visiting NY avoided a three-game sweep and remained afloat in the AL wild-card race.
