The Cleveland Baseball Club won their second straight game over the Cincinnati Reds by a score of 2-0.
Cleveland got a win they desperately needed Wednesday, defeating the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 and ensuring they retain The Ohio Cup.
Cleveland got another good starting pitching performance, this time from Mike Clevinger. Clevinger allowed 2 hits and struck out 4 in 5.2 innings. The only blemish was the fact that Clev issued 5 walks, this contributed to his somewhat early exit. Dominic Leone would get the final out of the 6th inning in relief of Clevinger.
Oliver Perez handled the 7th and is doing everything he can to prove he is more than a one or two batter specialist. James Karinchak continued this strong start to the season. Karinchak allowed 1 hit and struck out 1 batter in his lone inning of work.
Brad Hand came on in the 9th got the save. Hand struck out 2 batters and walked 1 while saving his second consecutive game. Cleveland’s closer seems to have bounced back from his disastrous outing against Chicago last week.
Offensively the team is still struggling. Cleveland managed only 4 hits in the game, but did walk 6 times. Cleveland’s only runs of the game came in 5th inning. Cesar Hernandez drove in the first run with an RBI single, scoring Jordan Luplow. Oscar Mercado would make an incredible slide into home on a Jose Ramirez groundout. Mercado barely beat the throw home to score the final run of the game.
Cleveland will look to take the series Thursday evening at 6:10 P.M.
