Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg delivers against the Cleveland Indians during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 27, 2016, in Cleveland.
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Papelbon couldn’t get an out and blew a two-run lead in the ninth inning as the Cleveland Indians rallied for three runs in their final at-bat to stun the Washington Nationals 7-6 on Tuesday night.
Coming up on Wednesday morning from Progressive Field, we’ve got the finale of this week’s match-up between the Washington Nationals and the Cleveland Indians.
Washington Nationals’ Wilson Ramos celebrates after hitting a solo home run off Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Jeff Manship during the sixth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in Cleveland.
Lindor led the Cleveland offense with three hits.
The Los Angeles Angels crushed the Kansas City Royals 13-0 and the New York Yankees claimed a 6-3 win over the Houston Astros.
“He was outstanding”, Washington manager Dusty Baker said.
Cleveland starter Carlos Carrasco (7-4) surrendered three runs on as many hits in six innings to take the loss. He was never in real trouble and on the two occasions the Indians got a runner to third, Strasburg got the out he needed.
Matt Kemp put the Padres in front with a two-run homer off Jesse Chavez (1-2) in the top of the 12th, but San Diego’s bullpen couldn’t hold the lead.
Colon (9-5) struck out eight and walked none.
“He’s really good”, Francona said of Strasburg. On his attempt to throw to first to complete the double play, Kipnis dropped the ball. He has a slider, change. “His delivery. It’s impressive”.
Tuesday night’s pitching matchup features Nationals left-hander Gio Gonzalez and Indians right-hander Danny Salazar. Strasburg gave them one.
“You hope he does”, Baker said. “The game starts and stops with him having the ball in his hand”. “All I can do is what I can on the day I pitch”.
“That could’ve went either way, but fortunately, I was able to get enough of that ball to find some green, where the defense wasn’t”, Davis said.
Chad Bettis (9-6) won his third straight start, allowing two runs, four hits and three walks in six innings. Lindor fouled off one pitch before getting his single past Murphy to score Gimenez as the Indians poured out of the dugout.
Strasburg took it from there. Turner sparked a two-run rally. Zimmerman led off with an infield single, and he went to second on a sacrifice bunt by Espinosa.
Ramirez got to third again with two outs in the fourth after third baseman Anthony Rendon’s throwing error.
Salazar, a first-time American League All-Star this year, is 11-3 and ranks third in the AL with a 2.75 ERA. Liriano surrendered seven runs in just 3 1/3 innings as his ERA jumped to 5.38.
With the game tied in the sixth, Collins drew a bases-loaded two-out walk, which allowed Justin Upton to score the deciding run. He’s batting only.177 (14 of 79) in July. Drew is a career.252 hitter with 121 home runs, 503 RBI, 546 runs and 41 stolen bases in 1,203 games.
The Indians (57-42) have another off day on Thursday before they start a three-game weekend set against the Oakland Athletics (46-55) on Friday.
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Sabathia (6-8) allowed four hits and struck out five to pick up his first win since June 16 after going 0-4 and allowing 31 runs – 29 earned – combined in his past six starts.
