The Cleveland Baseball Club was not able to take advantage of impressive outings from their two pitchers in a shutout loss to the Tigers.
Triston McKenzie was called up to make a spot start due to injuries on the Cleveland pitching staff and he delivered. McKenzie allowed just one hit over five innings while striking out five. The only real issue was walks as McKenzie allowed three free passes in his start. This has been a recurring issue for McKenzie and one that Cleveland is hoping that he can improve sooner rather than later.
Cal Quantrill would follow McKenzie in this start and pitch three innings. Quantrill allowed just one run on two hits with four strikeouts. This was an impressive outing from Quantrill. The only problem is that one run is all Detroit needed to hand Cleveland a loss.
Cleveland managed only four hits in the game while walking five times. The combination of Cesar Hernandez, Jordan Luplow, Jose Ramirez, Harold Ramirez, Jake Bauers, and Rene Rivera went 0-17. Luplow, Jose (2), and Bauers accounting for four of the five walks.
The loss ends the possibility of Cleveland sweeping Detroit, but a series win is still possible. The fourth and final game of the series takes place Thursday at 1:10 P.M.
