The Cleveland Baseball Club was put behind the eight ball as they dug a hole they couldn’t get out of.
An ineffective start from JC Mejia essentially decided the game in the 1st inning Wednesday night. The Cleveland starter surrendered four runs in the 1st inning, another in the 2nd, and three more were charged to Mejia in the 3rd. Two of the runs that came across in the 3rd inning were after Mejia exited. In total, Mejia lasted just 2.1 innings, allowing eight runs on seven hits and four walks. This was the second straight start that a Cleveland starter failed to record a strikeout.
Cleveland attempted an ambitious comeback late in the game, scoring four runs in the 8th and another two in the 9th, but it was not quite enough as they lost by a score of 8-6.
Four straight hits in the 8th got Cleveland on the board. It was a bases loaded three RBI double from Owen Miller which gave Cleveland some faint signs of hope. Austin Hedges would follow up with a single of his own, allowing Miller to advance to third. Bradley Zimmer would promptly drive in Miller with a sacrifice fly.
In the 9th it was solo home runs from Jose Ramirez and Oscar Mercado which brought Cleveland within two, but that was as close as the would get as the final out was recorded shortly afterward.
