(photo courtesy of cleveland.com)
Player of the Game
Danny Salazar (.118 WPA) is the Player of the Game. He pitched well but not well enough.
Feathers Up
Salazar pitched a solid game as his split/change-up was working to his advantage especially ahead in the count. He only made one mistake in the top of the second: a fastball he tried to sneak by Norichika Aoki which went for a triple. He set down 11 in a row at one point, faced 28 batters and 70 of his 114 pitches were for strikes. He struck out seven, walked three and gave up two earned runs.
Indians pitchers (Salazar, Detwiler, Manship) held the Mariners bats hitless after Aoki’s triple.
Jason Kipnis had the only RBI for the Indians; a sacrifice fly that scored Tyler Naquin in the bottom of the third. Juan Uribe doubled on a line drive to left to begin the inning. Uribe is now 6-14 with two doubles, an RBI, 4 walks and a run scored in his last five games.
Feathers Down
The Mariners got on the scoreboard first in the top of the second. It started when the first two hitters got on base: Adam Lind singled to center followed by a walk to Chris Iannetta. Two batters later, Norichika Aoki lined a ball down the right field line. As the ball reached the outfield wall, rightfielder Lonnie Chisenhall had a tough time handling the ball and picking it up. That allowed Lind to score from first and Aoki to reach third base. It was offically ruled a triple but could have easily been a double and an error.
Uribe walked in the bottom of the seventh and was lifted for pinch runner Rajai Davis who was promptly picked off of first by Mariners pitcher Joel Peralta, ending the inning and the mini rally.
Final Score: Cleveland Indians 1 – Seattle Mariners 2
On Deck:
The Indians and Mariners will wrap up this three game series on Thursday afternoon at 12:10 pm.
The Indians will send righty Cody Anderson to the mound. He will be pitching on extended five days’ rest due to Monday’s off-day. He suffered the loss in his last start, April 15 vs. the Mets, as he allowed five earned runs on five hits (3HR) and one walk over 4.2 innings of work. He also allowed a career-high three home runs in the outing.
The Mariners counter with 28-year-old righty Nathan Karns who will making his third start . He earned win number 1 on April 15th against the Yankees; he allowed 1 run on 3 hits with 4 walks and 7 strikeouts over 5.0 innings. In spring training, he was 2-1 with a 5.46 ERA (17 ER, 28.0 IP) and 25 strikeouts in 7 starts…went 6.0 innings in each of his last two outings, posting a 3.75 ERA (5 ER, 12 IP), with 13 strikeouts and 2 walks. He led the Mariners pitchers in innings pitched (28.0) and strikeouts (25).
Karns will be making his 3rd career start vs. the Indians: He is 1-1 with a 2.38 ERA (3 ER, 11.1 IP) with 11 strikeouts and 3 walks in 2 career starts vs. Cleveland. He earned the win on 6/19/2015 against the Indians when he was with Tampa; allowing 1 run on 6 hits with 1 walk and 4 strikeouts in 5.1 innings.
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