The Cleveland Baseball Club was on the wrong side of a walk-off win as the Chicago White Sox came out victorious Sunday afternoon.
Bottom of the 9th with one out and Brian Goodwin steps up to the plate to face Cleveland reliever Nick Wittgren. A middle-middle four seam fastball on a 3-1 count was promptly deposited into the right field stands and the Chicago White Sox came out victorious in the rubber match.
Prior to the disappointment in the final inning, Cleveland’s pitching staff did a more than adequate job of keeping Chicago in check. Cal Quantrill started the game and allowed just one run one three hits and four walks while striking out six in 6 innings. The one run charged to Quantril was an accidental hit by pitch with the bases loaded with Jose Abreu at the plate. Outside of that one miscue, Quantrill was able to dance out of trouble fairly well.
Cleveland only scored one run in the contest and it came on a solo home run from recent acquisition Myles Straw. Straw hit an absolute bomb to center field to temporarily give Cleveland a 1-0 lead.
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After dropping two of three games to Chicago, Cleveland will travel across the border to Toronto to take on the Blue Jays Monday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 3:07 P.M. in the first of four games.
