Player of the Game
The only pitcher to get as many as five outs tonight, Austin Adams finished the fourth then pitched the fifth as well, striking out one and allowing one single.
Feathers Up
In Trevor Bauer‘s stead, the Indians bullpen was absolutely incredible tonight. Starting with one out in the second inning, Jeff Manship, Kyle Crockett, Austin Adams, Zach McAllister, Gavin Floyd (in his Indians debut) and Shawn Armstrong allowed just three hits, no runs and struck out four in 6.2 innings. Had R.A. Dickey not been phenomenal, this would have allowed the Indians to come back in a normal game.
Feathers Down
The high powered Blue Jays offense wasn’t going to be held down for too long, but Trevor Bauer did little to delay the inevitable tonight as he came out throwing high in the zone, allowing two runs in the first and two more in the second before being pulled very early on. Ben Revere, Josh Donaldson and Troy Tulowitzki singled in the first for the first two runs, then Josh Thole and Revere scored on a Donaldson double in the second. His fifth earned run scored after he was removed as Jeff Manship walked two before allowing Donaldson to score on a sacrifice fly.
Facing the knuckle baller, Dickey, the Indians offense was completely confounded. They were lucky to score the run they did as three of their four hits on the night were in the fourth inning and unfortunate at the same time as a Michael Brantley double play separated them. Very atypical from the normal knuckle ball performance, Dickey didn’t walk any, hit any or throw a wild pitch (none even went beyond the catcher with none on base). This was one of those frustrating nights where you have to give a pitcher credit as it is hard to judge the hitters too harshly against a well thrown pitch they only face once or twice a year. In the complete game win, Dickey threw just 92 pitches, 68 for strikes.
Final Score: Cleveland Indians 1 – Toronto Blue Jays 5
Scoreboard Watch: The Angels took out Oakland before the Indians even got started today to remain 2.5 in front of the Tribe. Tampa Bay versus Baltimore was still on-going when the Indians finished. The Rangers and Twins play late tonight.
On Deck: The Indians will take a day off on Thursday before playing 17 in a row, exclusively against the Central Division. The first of these will be Friday night at 7:08 PM in Detroit.
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