He improved to 11-0 in 12 starts at home this season.
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In his previous five starts, Bauer had allowed 22 earned runs on 33 hits for an ugly 8.37 ERA. The Indians’ only baserunner was Tyler Naquin, who walked in the fifth. “And I think I’ve silenced all those people that have told me over the years that that’s the way I should hit”.
“Right now there’s traffic”. It seems like I’m beginning to have to work around guys. “Doing that against a team like that, it’s tough to come back from”.
Tomlin (11-5) allowed those runs on eight hits in four-plus innings while striking out four. He struck out four and walked one.
Nationals: After a day off, RHP Stephen Strasburg (15-2, 2.80) starts Friday against RHP Mike Foltynewicz (5-5, 4.37) and the last-place Atlanta Braves.
Gonzalez, the former Oakland Athletic, has enjoyed facing the Indians.
By then, the Nationals were enjoying a three-run lead.
Tomlin retired Daniel Murphy, but Ramirez delivered the run with clean single to right.
ROYALS 3, WHITE SOX 2 (14) Lorenzo Cain’s two-out single in the 14th inning scored Christian Colon from second base and host Kansas City beat Chicago. Almonte stole third, but advanced no farther.
Tuesday night was Trevor Bauer’s turn. Consecutive hits by Lindor, Ramirez and Chisenhall provided the offense the Indians needed, and Ramirez added insurance by driving in Jason Kipnis in the ninth.
Werth admitted that when struggled to start the season while hitting sixth in the batting order, he he strayed from his old ways.
Shortstop Danny Espinosa led off the frame with a bunt single and center fielder Ben Revere followed with a single to left field.
Indians 3B Jose Ramirez went 3 for 4 and extended his hitting streak to 14 games. Plus, Werth provided the only run of the night with a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth against one of the top relievers in the game, Andrew Miller.
RANGERS 5, ROCKIES 4 Adrian Beltre singled in two runs in the eighth inning, and Texas rallied late for the third consecutive game and beat visiting Colorado. Francona was not feeling well enough to manage after complaining of chest pain before the game.
Max Scherzer goes through stretches where it seems like every one of his starts has a chance to be historic. It was only the third earned run allowed by Jenkins (2-2) over his past three starts, spanning 18 innings. Murphy sent a drive to the fence in right that Almonte put a glove on, but couldn’t hold as it went for a double to give the Nationals the lead, 5-4. Wilson Ramos grounded weakly to short, but with the infield in, Rendon laced an 0-2 pitch down the left-field line for a two-run double and a 7-4 lead.
“If you see around when there’s a guy throwing a no-hitter, there’s always a great play behind that”, Perez said. “Some days it’s not obviously what you’re looking for and today was one of those days”.
“For me, it’s like I want to make sure that he doesn’t get the win”, Bauer said. The fact that he was able to continue that run against a Cleveland team that ranks fourth in the majors in scoring and has historically given him fits wasn’t lost on Scherzer. “And there’s been a number of times where we haven’t finished plays, or we haven’t made plays, and that hasn’t helped”.
Francona directed the Red Sox to two World Series titles during his tenure, the first of which came in 2004 and snapped the “Curse of the Bambino”.
The Indians open a four-game series against the Angels on Thursday at Progressive Field. He started the seventh inning by going down 3-0 on Jason Kipnis before pumping three straight fastballs that escalated in velocity from 94 to 95 to 96 miles per hour.
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First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. SportsTime Ohio, WTAM 1100 and WMMS/FM 100.7 will carry the game.
