“Lonnie’s at-bat was tremendous”, manager Terry Francona said.
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“That was fun. There’s no feeling like it”, Francona said. “Your heart’s in your throat, but you like it. It’s agony, but it’s also awesome”. “That’s why we do this”.
Sanchez, 24, struggled Saturday night, allowing five runs and four hits in Toronto’s 6-5 win over Cleveland.
With one out in the eighth inning and Toronto leading 2-1, Brett Cecil relieved starter Marcus Stroman.
Stroman worked 7 1/3 innings, striking out nine, and left with the bases empty and a 2-1 lead. Allen struck out the first two batters of the inning, but the next two, Josh Donaldson and Edwin Encarnacion, both drew walks.
With six homers in as many contests, Russell Martin has every reason to feel comfortable at the plate.
BREWERS 7, MARINERS 6: Keon Broxton and Chris Carter homered and Scooter Gennett had an RBI single during a four-run ninth inning, helping visiting Milwaukee end a six-game losing streak. In the third inning, Michael Martinez led off with a walk, but he was later erased when Jason Kipnis hit into an inning-ending double play.Cleveland finally broke through to score a run on Stroman in the sixth inning, but even that inning included a double play.
Blue Jays manager John Gibbons didn’t agree – and paid dearly for it. “They’ve got a dynamite offense, great pitching, a lot of speed, and a bunch of switch hitters”.
“We won two out of three, and I think we had the lead for like 10 minutes”, Francona said.
Tomlin, who returned to his home in Texas on Wednesday, gave up Travis’ infield hit that scored two in the second. Indians 3B Jose Ramirez has reached base safely in 26 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the majors. “I don’t think there’s anyone else we’d rather have up in that situation”. Clevinger stepped off the rubber and was called for a balk by third base umpire Greg Gibson after time was given, and Ryan Goins trotted home from third. After a lengthy discussion, Goins was sent back to third and Clevinger struck out Encarnacion on the next pitch. He could rejoin the Blue Jays on Tuesday.
The Blue Jays enter Sunday with a half-game lead over the Boston Red Sox in the American League East and a 3.5 game cushion over the Seattle Mariners, who sit in third-place in the American League wild card race. Dickey has made a team-high 25 starts.
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Jose Ramirez hit a two-out, two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Cleveland Indians to a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays Sunday afternoon at Progressive Field.
