Player of the Game
Despite leaving the game early with an injury to his hamstring, Josh Tomlin went five innings while giving up four hits and only one earned run. He also earned a .131 WPA, .01% better than both Jose Ramirez and Juan Uribe.
Feathers Up
Indians starter Josh Tomlin worked out of two-out jam in the top of the second. A single and a double led to a threat from the Mets but Tomlin was able to work his breaking and induce a ground ball to escape the inning.
The offense woke up this afternoon, scoring seven runs, six of which came off of Mets ace Matt Harvey.
The Indians’ bats got to Mets starter Matt Harvey in the 5th inning, breaking up the no-hitter and perfect game. Previous to this, it was 9 up and 9 down for Harvey, who breezed through the local nine on 30 pitches the first time through the linuep. Carlos Santana started the rally with a walk and left fielder Jose Ramirez ended the no hitter with RBI double, and lost his helmet scoring on a single by Juan Uribe. The Indians scored three more runs in the sixth inning to knock Harvey out of the game. The Indians have proven this season that they can be a force the second and third time through the order. Harvey’s command didn’t seem to suffer; it seemed as if the Indians put great swings on the ball which is a testament to how the Indians adjusted the third time through.
Feathers Down
Tomlin, being the aggressive strike-thrower that he is, tried to sneak a 89 mph fastball by Curtis Granderson on the first pitch and Granderson was expecting it. He launched a home-run to right just out out of the reach of Rajai Davis. This put the Mets ahead 1-0 in the top of the first inning.
Tomlin left the game while warming up before the top of the sixth inning. The good news is it was a cramp in his right hamstring and it was not an issue with his arm. It was unfortunate, because Tomlin had pitched very well as he held the Mets to only one run through five innings.
Bryan Shaw continues to struggle as he gave up a three-run homerun to Yoenis Cespedes deep into the bleachers to left field. At the time, this cut the Tribe lead to three. He also gave up a solo home-run to Neil Walker in the same inning.
Final Score: Cleveland Indians 7 – New York Mets 5
On Deck: Corey Kluber is scheduled to make his third start and appearance of the season tomorrow afternoon in the finale of this three-game series with the Mets. He will be pitching on regular four days’ rest for the first time this season, after making his second start Tuesday at Tropicana Field where he suffered the loss, allowing three earned runs on four hits (1HR) and two walks with six strikeouts over 7.2 innings of work. This is the first season in which Kluber has lost both of his first two starts. Kluber is 21-18 with a 2.97 ERA in 56 career games including 53 starts at Progressive Field.
Kluber will face lefty Steven Matz of the Mets. Matz picked up his first career loss in the Mets 10-3 defeat against the Miami Marlins on April 11 at Citi Field where he tossed a career-low 1.2 innings and allowed a career-worst seven runs, earned, on six hits, struck out a career-low one and walked two. In six games and five starts this spring, Matz went 1-2 with a 4.94 ERA He struck out 21 and walked 13; opposing batters hit .186 (16-86) against him this spring.
First pitch will be at 1:05 pm on Sports Time Ohio.
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