In a spectacular blown save Friday night, he gave up back-to-back home runs to Jose Ramirez and Tyler Naquin in the ninth inning. And thanks to a lucky bounce off the wall, Naquin’s legs went on autopilot. His long fly ball caromed off the wall in the outfield and before Melvin Upton could field it, Naquin was rounding third base.
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In fact, the last time this happened for the Indians was nearly 100 years ago when when Braggo Roth beat the St. Louis Browns with a walk-off, inside-the-park homer in League Park on August 13th, 1916 according to ESPN Stats and Info.
Reliever Jeff Manship (2-1), who pitched a scoreless top of the ninth inning, earned the victory.
SAN DIEGO – Robbie Ray struck out a career-high 13 and gave up just one hit in seven innings, pitching Arizona past San Diego.
Salazar came off the disabled list Thursday and lasted one inning against Chicago in what can only be called a mistake instead of a start. Darwin Barney singled and Ryan Goins doubled, putting two runners in scoring position.
Toronto hit Tomlin early and hard on the way to a 5-0 lead.
So with the Blue Jays in first place by a 1/2 game, why in the world is Sanchez going down? In that game, Stroman pitched 6 2/3 innings, allowing one run on five hits with six strikeouts and one walk. Alex Dickerson followed with a single. He ranks second in the American League in ERA, and is second in winning percentage.
With a complete-game shutout Greg Maddux would be proud of, Oakland’s Kendall Graveman used 98 pitches to throw a two-hitter against the White Sox. Jacoby Ellsbury, Didi Gregorius and Brian McCann hit solo home runs. He struck out five and walked none in the 9-0 win. He also hit Joc Pederson twice with pitches. Chisenhall’s three-run homer ended a 10-pitch at-bat and tied the game.
Porcello (17-3) became the second pitcher in the majors with 17 wins by quieting the Tigers, who traded him to the Red Sox following the 2014 season. The best they could do Saturday was a game-tying five-run fourth inning, but it was not enough.
Francisco Lindor and Chisenhall had two hits apiece, while Ramirez extended his on-base streak to a career-high 26 games. He also has an impressive 14 homers with 39 RBI’s and 4 swipes on the year.
Texas’ Cole Hamels held Tampa Bay hitless over the first five innings to set up a 6-2 win for the Rangers.
There were only seven total hits in the game, four by Arizona. Beltre’s 20th and 21st home runs of the season Friday night marked the 30th multi-homer game of his career.
Davis went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and four runs scored.
Graveman (9-8) allowed leadoff singles to Jose Abreu in the third and Adam Eaton in the seventh.
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Aaron Sanchez didn’t allow the Indians a hit through the first three innings. It was the Tribe’s fourth sellout of the season. The right-hander is 11-6 with a 4.14 ERA in 22 starts.
