The Cleveland Baseball Club bounced back from Friday’s loss to the Oakland Athletics.
After losing a heartbreaker Friday night, the Cleveland Baseball Club was able to rebound and come away with a 3-2 win Saturday afternoon.
After trailing by a run early, it was Cesar Hernandez and Amed Rosario who came through in the 5th. It was a RBI double from Hernandez that tied the game and a sacrifice fly from Rosario to give Cleveland a 2-1 lead.
Then in the 8th it was Franmil Reyes who came up big, clobbering a solo shot to extend the lead to two.
That run would come in handy as Oakland was able to come within one in the 9th. Luckily this time the bullpen was able to hold onto the lead. While James Karinchak did give up a run, it didn’t come at the expense of a win.
Cleveland got 5 impressive innings from Cal Quantrill. Quantrill allowed just one run on four hits and two walks while striking out five. The trio of Nick Sandlin, Bryan Shaw, and Emmanuel Clase would follow, allowing just one base runner, a hit off of Sandlin.
Cleveland has a chance to come away with a huge first series win after the break. They still trail by 8 games in the division and are 4.5 back of Oakland. A win today could make some headway in the Wild Card race while a loss would bring them closer to what has seemed to be inevitable, a sell off.
