It was reminiscent of Bauer’s struggles past year, much of which were driven by home runs. In 2016 for the Triple-A Nashville Sounds, he slashed.321/.393/.539, added 10 homers and 24 base on balls, struck out 28 times, and posted a 146 wRC+.
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Catcher Bruce Maxwell, the first batter in the top-half of the fifth inning, will be asking for his ball back as he recorded the first hit of his major-league career. It was Kipnis’ 17th homer of the year – tying a career high set in 2013.
Another solo shot from Jose Ramirez put Cleveland in front 2-1 in the second. Butler then hit the next pitch from Tomlin into the left-field bleachers for his fourth home run.In the bottom of the fourth the Indians scored four runs, hit two more homer, and knocked Overton out of the game. It was the 25th homer Tomlin has allowed this season.
The Indians sent four minor leaguers, including highly touted outfielder Clint Frazier, to NY for the 31-year-old Miller, who was expected to arrive in Cleveland on Sunday night and could be ready to join the bullpen when the club opens a four-game series against Minnesota.
Left fielder Abraham Almonte led off the inning with a solo home run to right field off of Oakland starter Dillon Overton, and then, center fielder Rajai Davis smacked a one-out single to left field.
Napoli hit his team-leading 23rd homer to dead center off Liam Hendricks. The move is retroactive to July 20. In their previous six games, the Indians had hit just one homer.
Oakland’s only other run off Tomlin came in the first, when Danny Valencia smacked a two-out RBI single to give the Athletics a 1-0 lead. It was his first career win over the A’s in three starts. Overton, a lefty called up for his third stint in the majors this year, gave up three home runs and lasted just 3 1/3 innings.
Cleveland Indians’ Mike Napoli hits a two-run home run off Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Sonny Gray during the third inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 31, 2016, in Cleveland. Gibson stepped between them as Tomlin waited on the mound.
Butler tossed his bat several feet from home plate, which began a shouting match between the two players. I said, ‘Hey, man, you don’t like it.That was a strike and the one after it was a good pitch.’ He said, ‘You can’t have both of them. “I just took offense to it.’ It’s just competitiveness”.
“I thought the he might’ve just been asking for a little too much”, Butler said.
“I’ve got to find a way to continue to get outs in that inning”, Graveman said. Once Butler crossed home, home plate umpire Tripp Gibson issued warnings to both benches.
The A’s and Indians drew 32,850 to Progressive Field on Saturday night. Indians’ attendance for the season is 892,917 through 45 home dates.
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Indians right-hander Corey Kluber (9-8, 3.44) will face Oakland’s Sonny Gray (5-9, 5.43) Sunday at 1:10 p.m. SportsTime Ohio, WTAM 1100 and WMMS/FM 100.7 will carry the game. “Every time you think you’ve had a decent start and you’re going to get on the right track, every time there’s been positives to take out of a start and you go out and throw the ball well for two or three starts in a row, something like this seems to happen”.
