The Cleveland Indians won their third straight game over the Toronto Blue Jays. Winning by a score of 7-2, Cleveland improves to 5-3 on the year.
The Cleveland Indians have already won their series with the Toronto Blue Jays. Cleveland has taken the first three games of a four game series. Indians starter Carlos Carrasco gets the win, his first of the season.
Carrasco bounced back after a rough outing in Minnesota. Cookie went five innings, allowing two runs on six hits and striking out 12. Carrasco became the first Indians pitcher to strike out 12 in only five innings. Carrasco allowed both runs in the fifth inning. A Freddy Galvis solo home run and a Randal Grichuk RBI double, scoring Teoscar Hernandez.
Cleveland’s bullpen shut things down fairly well. Dan Otero followed Carrasco and allowed two hits in 1.1 innings. Tyler Olson followed Otero and did not allow a hit. Adam Cimber came in after Olson and did not allow a hit in two thirds of an inning. Things got dicey in the ninth with Jon Edwards on the mound. Edwards allowed two hits and Toronto had runners in scoring position, but Edwards was able to work out of it and prevent Toronto from scoring again.
Cleveland’s offense delivers
The Indians offense is starting to come alive as the weather has warmed up. Cleveland tallied 10 hits today and reached base six times via a walk. Carlos Santana got things started with an RBI single in the first inning. Hanley Ramirez would walk with the bases loaded to make it 2-0 Cleveland in the third. In the very next at-bat Jake Bauers delivered with a two out, two RBI single to make it 4-0.
Jordan Luplow would score on a wild pitch in the fifth, making it 5-2. Roberto Perez would reach on a fielder’s choice, but Carlos Santana would score on the play. The final run came courtesy of a throwing error on a stolen base attempt from Jose Ramirez. Ramirez stole third and the ball sailed into the outfield, Ramirez would score as Toronto had no chance of throwing him out.
