The A’s put out starter Chris Bassitt while the Tribe threw out Carlos Carrasco. 0 runs. 0 RBI. Right-hander Corey Kluber, who had a three-hit shutout after four innings, took the loss. Two of those games are ones that the Indians gifted them. Cleveland ranks in the top five at third with 359. “I’m thrilled the way he pitched. That was a really good outing”. “But the most important thing for me was to get deep into the game and try to give us an opportunity to win”. You saw it past year. He was chosen the AL rookie of the month for July after going 4-0 with a 1.98 ERA in four starts, and has not allowed more than two runs in any of his seven outings. “He’s done a nice job”.
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Francisco Cervelli and Aramis Ramirez each had two hits to help the Pirates win for the 12th time in their last 15 home games at PNC Park.
He did not allow another hit until David Murphy, the former Indian turned Angel, singled to start the fifth inning Tuesday night.
“Man, he was good”, Indians manager Terry Francona said of Salazar. “It isn’t the primary time, so hopefully it is a lengthy street and I maintain getting them”. We’ll get to the ninth inning shortly.
Seattles Nelson Cruz doubled and singled to extend his hitting streak to 16 games, but failed to homer for the first time in six games. Graveman would be pulled in favor of Felix Rodriguez who would finish off the inning keeping the score level. “But outside of that – I mean, we went through the game one-hit against him”. “Went well, stuck with the game plan; we had a good game plan. I’d have been just as happy with a hit”. The last of his 29 pitches was a breaking ball that bounced in the dirt and got away from catcher Roberto Perez, allowing the winning run to score. It’s just about doing.
“That’s pretty cool”, said pitching coach Mickey Callaway. “When you do it like we did today, it’s even more refreshing”. He threw 84 pitches in 5 2-3, giving up three runs and two homers while striking out five against Lake Elsinore. “Any time you can get a cheap win like that it’s huge”. Aybar and Gillaspie drew walks with two outs, the faster Featherston running for Gillaspie, which proved big at the end.
“It was fun. It was nearly like making a debut again”, Anderson said.
McKenry ended the 4-hour, 7-minute game when he hit Mayckol Gauipe’s 2-2 curveball into the left-field seats for his fourth home run of the season. The Indians are 11-43 when scoring three or fewer runs. 3. “He took a good lineup over there and shut them down tonight”.
The Angels and Indians play the rubber game of their three-match set live this afternoon in California. Second baseman Jose Martinez walked against Richards to begin the inning, took second one out later when designated hitter Michael Brantley singled off left-hander Cesar Ramos’ glove and scored on first baseman Carlos Santana’s single that sent Brantley to second base.
Cleveland Indians’ Michael Brantley hits a RBI-single against the… The A’s would hold on to win 5-1. “Everybody contributed tonight to the win”. Cleveland, which is in last in the AL Central, is 49-58. It’s August 1, trade deadline’s over, now we go. “I tried to block it, and it got a little bit away from me”. “Let’s have some fun”. They probably hit the ball harder the first four innings than they did the last two.
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The stretch covered 12 2/3 hitless innings.
