The Cleveland Baseball Club bullpen made some mistakes late leading to their 4-2 loss to the visiting St. Louis Cardinals.
There was a chance that the Cleveland Baseball Club could have came out victorious Tuesday night, but unfortunately the bullpen had other ideas. Everyone’s least favorite relief pitcher, Bryan Shaw, came on to pitch the 7th and allowed a two-run homer to Paul DeJong giving St. Louis a 3-2 lead. The Cardinals would add another run in the 9th to extend their lead to two and that was more than enough to hand Cleveland a defeat.
Before things went awry in the 7th, Cleveland actually got an impressive start from Cal Quantrill. Quantrill allowed just one run on four hits while striking out five and walking one in 6 innings. The lone run that scored against Quantrill was a solo home run from Harrison Bader in the 3rd. Quantrill has allowed just one run in his last three starts and seems to becoming a stable presence in the rotation.
Both of Cleveland’s runs came on a two-run shot from Jose Ramirez.
NO DOUBT TWO-RUN HOME RUN PITCH 🐐#OurCLE | @MrLapara pic.twitter.com/sGYavBgpjs
— Bally Sports Cleveland (@BallySportsCLE) July 28, 2021
It was the 21st home run of the season for Ramirez, a team high for Cleveland.
Cleveland is now 9.5 games behind of the Chicago White Sox and trails the Oakland Athletics by 5 games for the second Wild Card spot. The trade deadline is just a few days away and there could be some big changes for the Cleveland Baseball Club in the near future.
