It’s easier said than done just to sit back on a changeup and hit it, especially when they’ve either missed low or low and away.
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Davis has eight fewer homers than Trumbo and is batting just.228, but his 59th RBI was pivotal for the AL East-leading Orioles.
Fact: The Indians dominated by two starting pitchers (Dylan Bundy and Vance) who have spent most of the season in the bullpen.
“I was taking the first pitch, trying to get comfortable”, Reimold said.
The Orioles got off to a quick start when center fielder Adam Jones singled to start the game. After fielding the bouncing ball off the backstop, Perez hit Alvarez in the helmet with the throw for an error.
But Perez’s throw hit Alvarez in the head and he was safe at first. “I hate to say it happens, but it happens some times. I think today we threw more curveballs and more changeups to keep guys off balanced instead of fastballs and cutters”. “We talk to him about that all the time. I tried to stay ready, and, you know, you’ve got to break out sometime”. It ricocheted off the wall. Ryan Flaherty moved him up with a sacrifice bunt and Caleb Joseph struck out before Reimold got his moment in the hot sun. Reimold, hitting for Pedro Borbon, hit Allen’s 2-0 pitch.
Allen took the loss (2-4) took the loss. X-rays were negative and he was listed as day to day.
Cleveland Indians’ Lonnie Chisenhall is congratulated after scoring against the Baltimore Orioles in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, July 24, 2016, in Baltimore. The Mets added two in the eighth on RBI singles from Yoenis Cespedes and James Loney.
In one of the more twisted instances of deja vu that I’ve seen in recent memory, the Cleveland Indians came to bat in the top of the second inning down 3-0 thanks to a home run by Mark Trumbo in the bottom of the first, just like they did last night. The Indians handed Kluber a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning, but he couldn’t hold it.
That erased the double play opportunity as Machado went to second.
The pinch-hit walk-off was the first by an Orioles hitter since June 23, 2014, when Chris Davis launched one against the Chicago White Sox. He leads all AL pitchers with one walk per nine innings. Then he induced what appeared to be a 6-4-3 double play from Alvarez. However, Showalter challenged the call and after a 54-second review, the play was overturned.
Mitch Moreland’s RBI single in the sixth scored Texas’s first run.
Down 3-2 in the eighth, Mike Napoli singled through the left side of the infield to bring home Jason Kipnis and tie the game. “I have to turn that double play”.
The fact that Davis and Alvarez are known more for their power than their foot speed had to cause some concerns in the Indians’ dugout. Ramirez scored on Naquin’s double and Perez delivered Chisenhall with a sacrifice fly.
Kluber and Worley pitched well. He went 7.2 innings in that outing and allowed just one run on six base hits while striking out four batters.
The Indians have one of the best starting rotations in baseball but their starters – Trevor Bauer and Josh Tomlin – lost the first two games of this series as Baltimore took early leads in both. He struck out three and walked three.
The good news for Gausman is that he had run support last night before he even stepped on the field.
The Orioles are now 36-14 at home.
Kluber threw 101 pitches, 67 or 66 percent for strikes.
The Blue Jays averted a three-game sweep at the hands of the Mariners by winning the finale.
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First pitch was at 1:37 p.m. and the temperature was 90 degrees.
