The Cleveland Indians needed to get length from their starter and they needed a healthy lead because closer Cody Allen was not available to pitch today. That cushion had Kluber flashing his old Cy Young Award form.
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Coming up on Sunday, we’ve got game three of a weekend series between the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. On Friday, Tomlin allowed one run on four hits with four strikeouts and one walk in 6 2/3 innings. He got plenty of run support on Saturday as Cleveland reached double digits for the first time this season.
“It’s awesome to go out to the mound for the first inning and already have three runs on the board”, Kluber said. “But then they didn’t stop there”.
After Texas tied it in the ninth on Elvis Andrus’ sacrifice fly off David Robertson, the White Sox went on to win for the fourth time in five games.
All of his pitches were working as he easily dispatched one of the majors’ most potent lineups.
Cleveland beat the Tigers 2-1 last night, though Justin Verlander threw a strong game. He has 22 career double-digit strikeout outings.
“I don’t know”, he said many times afterward. “That’s probably the difference”. “Sometimes, you just tip your cap”. They end up pitching a great game. He is the first Detroit player to hit safely in 14 of the team’s first 15 games of a season since Tony Phillips did it in 1993. Justin Verlander struck out 10 batters over seven innings, but gave up both homers to take the loss for Detroit. He also had five RBIs against the Los Angeles Angels on August 29 last season.
In the seventh, Gomes added an RBI-double, bringing him a double away from the cycle and his RBI total to five. Detroit has lost six of eight after a 6-2 start.
“Nobody gets more frustrated than we do”, Detroit designated hitter Victor Martinez said.
“It’s something right now I can’t control”, Sanchez said.
The Tigers have dropped to. Look for this game to produce at least 9 runs.
“It’s no different from 2014 or 2015”, manager Brad Ausmus said.
Continued success against their neighbors to the north has provided a better start this season.
“Every start, I just take a little bit from there. There’s got to be some middle ground”. He could rejoin the Indians early next week…. He followed it with a convincing swinging strikeout of Yan Gomes with a 96 miles per hour fastball.
Ian Kinsler’s leadoff single in the sixth gave him a 10-game hitting streak. Lonnie Chisenhall later tripled and scored on Rajai Davis’ single. Carlos Santana’s run-scoring double off reliever Kyle Ryan made it 8-0. He hit fifth in 12 of the team’s first 13 games.
Indians: OF Michael Brantley (right shoulder surgery) went 0 for 3 with a walk Friday night in his first rehab game with Triple-A Columbus.
Tigers: OF Cameron Maybin (broken wrist) was scheduled to resume his rehab stint Saturday with Triple-A Toledo.
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One out later, Abreu grounded a single to left field for the second game-ending hit of his career.
