Cleveland’s franchise-record 14-game winning streak was stopped by a big day for Toronto’s sluggers and a contentious replay call.
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Toronto Blue Jays’ Josh Donaldson, right, and Devon Travis celebrate after they scored on a double by Michael Saunders against the Cleveland Indians during eighth-inning baseball game action, in Toronto, Saturday, July 2, 2016.
“It seems like he has another gear on that fastball”, Indians manager Terry Francona said of Happ.
“The circumstances are a little different, I wanted to pitch – we had the 19-inning game (on Friday) and I knew we were going to need something from somebody”, Estrada said of his decision to pitch through the injury.
The only possible way Carrera could have been safe was if Gimenez missed the tag, but the replay explanation contained no mention of Gimenez missing the tag and none of the replay angles I saw showed any space between Gimenez’s glove and Carrera’s right ankle.
Things didn’t go so well for Gimenez in the eighth, when Donaldson and Encarnacion hit back-to-back doubles, Martin hit an RBI single and Justin Smoak a two-run homer. He pitched a scoreless 18th inning on Friday…. The host Blue Jays won, 9-6, despite the Indians’ Rajai Davis hitting for the cycle.
Kinsler added a two-run homer in the ninth, joining Carlos Beltran, Alex Rodriguez and Jimmy Rollins as the only active players with at least 200 home runs, 1,000 runs scored, 1,600 hits and 200 stolen bases. “He’s been such a spark for us in so many ways”.
Harrell made his first start since April 15, 2014 with Houston against Kansas City.
Brian Dozier drove in two runs and scored a pair to back Kyle Gibson (2-5), who won his second straight start after going winless in his first seven. Tommy Hunter came on to face Donaldson, who hit a single into shallow center. “The ball has such good finish through the plate”. Toronto challenged the call, leading to the reversal.
“I definitely thought I had him in the leg”, Gimenez said. “I don’t necessarily think that was the case”.
Blue Jays manager John Gibbons was also ejected, marking the the sixth time Gibbons has been tossed this season, which leads all of Major League Baseball.
Cron and Perez each homered during an 11-run seventh inning.
“It’s a no-brainer – yes, but I don’t know what will happen with that”. He had been 19-0 in 24 regular-season road starts since losing at St. Louis on May 7, 2015. Morimando then worked 3 2/3 innings in relief, allowing two runs and six hits. He and Realmuto had run-scoring singles during a two-run fifth.
Mariners 12, Orioles 6: Mike Zunino homered twice in his first game of the season, Nelson Cruz and Seth Smith both hit three-run home runs and Seattle slugged past Baltimore. Francona said X-rays were negative but said Uribe may have lost a fingernail. Jose Ramirez moved from second to third and Jason Kipnis started at second.
Indians: RHP Corey Kluber (8-7, 3.50 ERA) pitches on Sunday. Verlander (8-6) allowed two runs, one earned, and four hits while improving to 5-2 in eight starts at Tropicana Field.
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It was considerably closer in Arizona where the Diamondbacks lost 5-4 to the San Francisco Giants after 11 innings, while the New York Yankees also endured a tight game against the San Diego Padres, winning 6-3.
