The Cleveland Baseball Club ended up facing the Minnesota Twins in extra-innings again and it was a familiar end result.
Perhaps mortal enemy is a bit harsh, but extra-innings and the Cleveland Baseball Club are not getting along currently. It was just earlier this week that Cleveland lost to the Twins in extras and things played out in a similar manner this time around. The one difference is that this time it was not Minnesota forced extras.
Cleveland found themselves down two runs in the top of the 9th. Jose Ramirez doubled home Myles Straw to bring Cleveland within one, they were still alive in the game. Ramirez would advance to third on a Franmil Reyes groundout, bringing them 90 feet closer to tying the game. Bradley Zimmer would step into the box and proceed to walk, the fourth ball ended up as a wild pitch allowing Ramirez to score to the tie the game at 7,.
Cleveland was unable to drive in a run with runners on second and third with just one out in the 10th. The bottom of the inning was not any better for Minnesota as they failed to score as well. The top of the 11th did not provide Cleveland with any better luck as a fly out and two line outs were the batted ball results. A fielding error in the bottom of the inning provided Minnesota with extra life. Due to only having one out in the inning with runners on the corners, Jake Cave was intentionally walked to set up the force at any base. Unfortunately Jorge Polanco was not interested in a 12th inning as he drove in the winning run with a RBI single giving the Twins a 8-7 victory.
