The Cleveland Baseball Club won their second straight game over the Chicago Cubs with a walk-off single in extras.
There’s nothing like the drama of a walk-off win. Add in extra innings with the bases loaded and it just gets even better. That is exactly how things unfolded Wednesday afternoon for the Cleveland Baseball Club in their second straight win over the Chicago Cubs.
After Emmanuel Clase and James Karinchak navigated through the Cubs lineup in the 9th and 10th innings it was Cleveland’s turn to make some magic happen and that is just what they did. Jordan Luplow walked to start the inning to put men on 1st and 2nd on base. Rene Rivera would lay down a sacrifice bunt to move Luplow to second and Josh Naylor to third. The Cubs opted to intentionally walk Harold Ramirez to load the bases and managed to get a two-pitch pop out from Cesar Hernandez. With two outs in the inning and a possible 11th inning staring them right in the face, it was Amed Rosario who came up to the plate and delivered. Rosario ripped the third pitch of the at-bat into right field to give Cleveland a 2-1 walk-off win.
Rosario drove in both runs for Cleveland on the day, delivering with Hernandez on second to tie the game at 1 in the 6th inning. The Cleveland shortstop finished the game 4-5 with Hernandez collecting two hits and Franmil Reyes the only other player with a hit in the contest.
Sam Hentges started the game and pitched fairly well for Cleveland. There were quite a few baserunners during his 4.2 innings of work (four hits and four walks), but Hentges was able to keep the Cubs off the scoreboard.
