Indians complete sweep of Blue Jays
The Cleveland Indians defeated the Toronto Blue Jays Sundy by a score of 3-1, this completes a four game sweep of Toronto.
The Cleveland Indians have improved to 6-3 on the year after sweeping the Toronto Blue Jays in a four game series at home. This is the best start that Cleveland has had under manager Terry Francona.
Mike Clevinger got the start for Cleveland Sunday and was fantastic. Clevinger went five innings, struck out 10 and allowed one hit. Clevinger did have to leave after the fifth inning with upper back tightness. Neil Ramirez came on in the sixth inning and struck out the side on 11 pitches. Ramirez would also start the seventh inning but was relieved by Adam Cimber. Cimber would pitch into the eighth inning and allowed the only run of the game scored by Toronto. Danny Jansen would single, allowing Billy McKinney to score. With runners on first and third, Brad Hand came in to close the game. Hand got a double-play ball to get out of the eighth and got Toronto to go down 1-2-3 in the ninth to end the game.
The Indians offense had a decent day at the plate, collecting six hits and walking once. The key in this game was driving in runs with two outs, something that Cleveland has excelled at so far this season. All three runs today came with two outs in the inning. Carlos Santana would drive home Jake Bauers to get the scoring started. Bauers and Santana had back-to-back doubles with two outs in the first. Tyler Naquin would hit a bloop single to left field which allowed Santana to score. The final run for Cleveland came on an RBI single from Jose Ramirez, Brad Miller would score on the play.
