cleveland indians toronto blue jays score

182: Why should MLB’s lone Canadian team play on the road for Canada Day? I don’t have the answer for that, but their road win percentage speaks for itself. The Indians’ only run came in the fifth inning on an RBI single by Michael Brantley, who had three of the Tribe’s 11 hits.Despite the lack of baseball this year, let’s take a look back at the Blue Jays’ statistical highs and lows on the holiday (with a major assist from Sportsnet Stats). Indians hitters were 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base. The Indians had Norris on the ropes in the second inning when they had the bases loaded and one out but failed to score, and again in the third inning when they had runners at second and third and one out, but again failed to score. Norris pitched three scoreless innings on four hits, but it took him 78 pitches to get through those three innings, which is probably why he never saw the fourth inning. Toronto starter Daniel Norris had an even shorter outing than House. ‘When you’re into your pen that early and haven’t been blown out, you try to manage the game to keep the score where it is, and our guys did a good job of it,’ Francona said of the relievers. Webb, Bryan Shaw and Nick Hagadone combined to pitch six scoreless innings on two three hits. On the bright side, three Indians relievers pitched well. ‘I’ve got to be able to stop the bleeding and move forward,’ House said. Right now he’s having a tough time getting a feel for all of his pitches,’ Francona said. ‘When he’s going good he’s locating his fastball down, with movement.

‘They made some adjustments, and I reacted too slow,’ he said.įrancona said House’s problems aren’t real complicated. It happened in a hurry and ended up being too much for us.’ ‘The second time through, they (Toronto’s hitters) adjusted. ‘The first time through the order he wasn’t pounding the strike zone, but he was staying down with his pitches,’ Francona said. That closed the book on House’s fourth start of the season – all of them disasters. Pillar went to third on a groundout by Dalton Pompey, and Pillar scored on a sacrifice bunt by Jonathan Diaz, giving the Jays a 5-0 lead. That extended the Toronto lead to 4-0 – and House had still not retired a batter in the inning.įrancona got tired of waiting and removed House from the game. Kevin Pillar also doubled, scoring Valencia and Martin. Russell Martin doubled, scoring Encarnacion and sending Valencia to third. Danny Valencia also singled, scoring Bautista and moving Encarnacion to second. Edwin Encarnacion followed with a single, moving Bautista to third. Jose Bautista led off the Toronto fourth inning with a walk, House’s third walk of the game. You don’t ever make decisions three minutes after a game.’ Manager Terry Francona isn’t yet ready to make that call, telling reporters, ‘Whatever we decide to do, I would never do it through you guys. Whether House gets another start in the rotation remains to be seen. In his first four starts this season, House is 0-4 with a 13.15 ERA and the Indians have lost all four of those games. In his last seven starts last year, House was 4-0 with a 2.20 ERA and the Indians won all seven of those games.

The left-hander was one of the team’s most consistent pitchers coming down the stretch last season. It’s still very early, but House has become one of the biggest disappointments thus far in the Indians’ season.

Cleveland indians toronto blue jays score