The Cleveland Baseball Club’s franchise record homer streak of 20 games came to an end with Tuesday’s 3-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins.
For the first time in 20 games the Cleveland Baseball Club failed to homer. The 3-0 loss Tuesday night ended the franchise record streak of games in which the team homered. Considering the overall lack of consistent power in the lineup, the fact the streak lasted as long as it did is quite impressive. While the team does feature big time sluggers in Franmil Reyes and Jose Ramirez, most other names in the lineup do not pose a regular power threat to opposing pitching.
The Cleveland batters did end up with the same amount of hits as the Twins (7), the difference is that Minnesota managed to drive in runs while Cleveland did not. While Minnesota was only 1-7 with runners in scoring position, Cleveland was 0-3.
Myles Straw led the team in hits with two while Jose Ramirez was the walks leader with two. Ramirez also stole a base in the 1st after reaching via a walk, his 21st of the season.
Aaron Civale made his first start since June 21st and pitched quite well. Civale allowed just one run on three hits and one walk while striking out is six batters in 4.2 innings. While Civale needed 78 pitches to almost get through five innings, the overall performance was encouraging to see and hopefully the young pitcher can continue pitching at this level.
