McKenzie gives up 5 runs in 7-3 Cleveland loss
It was not a good day for the Cleveland Baseball Club pitcher as he allowed 5 runs in just two innings.
Things could not have gone much worse for Triston McKenzie in his start on Saturday. The Cleveland Baseball Club pitcher had trouble finding the zone and was issuing walks left and right. McKenzie walked the bases loaded with two outs in the inning, even walking in the first run of the game, but that wasn’t the worst part. Tim Anderson proceeded to hit a grand slam which would lead to McKenzie leaving the game when the inning was up.
After McKenzie’s exit Cleveland used five different pitchers to finish the game. Phil Maton was the only other pitcher to allow runs to score with Leury Garcia driving in both on a double in the 4th inning. Cal Quantrill would take over and work 1.2 innings in relief. Nick Sandlin, Nick Wittgren, and Kyle Nelson would pitch the final three innings with Nelson being the only one to allow a baserunner.
Even if McKenzie didn’t struggle it was not like the Cleveland bats were doing all that much. Cleveland finished with just 5 hits in the game with Josh Naylor leading the way with two. Jake Bauers, Yu Chang, and Austin Hedges were the only others with hits in the contest. Chicago’s combination of Lance Lynn and Michael Kopech proved to be too much for Cleveland as they were unable to string enough hits together.
