It was Gurriel’s first career home run, and it came against one of the best relievers and best single pitches in baseball.
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The Cleveland Indians had the bases loaded in the bottom of the third inning against the Astros earlier today when Lonnie Chisenhall fouled off a ball that first bounced in front of the plate.
Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Trevor Bauer and Carlos Santana (41) collide on a pop out to the … The Indians took a 6-2 lead, four of those runs coming on one ball barely hit past the pitcher’s mound. The Astros dropped 2 1/2 games behind Baltimore for the final American League wild-card spot. He failed to strike out any of the 15 batters he faced.
“I will be looking at it tonight, you can bank on that”, he said. Astros manager A.J. Hinch was promptly ejected for arguing the ruling.
Amidst the confusion, the Indians took a 4-1 lead.
The Indians got some help from umpire Jim Joyce in a wild 10-7 win over Houston Thursday afternoon at Progressive Field.
Cleveland led, 2-1, when Lonnie Chisenhall attempted to check his swing on a pitch in the dirt. Joyce showed no reaction and didn’t call the ball dead.
“Common sense loses again, so all you can do is wear it”, Hinch said.
Paulino because the eighth consecutive Astros starter to fail to complete six innings.
PIRATES 4, REDS 1 Ivan Nova pitched a six-hitter to stay unbeaten with host Pittsburgh and Jung Ho Kang hit a two-run double to key a three-run first inning as the Pirates defeated Cincinnati, extending the Reds’ losing streak to five games.
Fister endured his worst outing of the season on Friday as the 32-year-old yielded a campaign-high eight runs on 10 hits in 3 2/3 innings of a 10-8 setback versus Texas. Houston made 17 pitching changes and allowed 25 runs in the series.
“We have the ability to go to replay, which they don’t, ” he said. Cody Allen, Cleveland’s fifth reliever, struck out two in a ideal ninth for his 26th save in 29 chances and second in as many nights.
Then, since Thursday’s game had everything else, a 55-minute rain delay was added.
Astros 2B Jose Altuve, who went 0 for 4, leads the majors with a.387 average on the road. “I’m going to continue to play the game and I’m glad Napoli went hard”.
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The New York Yankees edged the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4, the Milwaukee Brewers were too good for the St Louis Cardinals 12-5, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 6-3.
