Indians Earn First Victory With Help From A Yonder Alonso Grand Slam, Three Takeaways From 6-5 Win

2.) Carlos Carrasco With A Decent Outing

Carlos Carrasco made his first start of the 2018 campaign and earned his first victory of the season.

Carrasco didn’t see as many strikeouts in Saturday’s outing as he did in the 2017 season. During the 2017 season, Carrasco averaged 10.2 strikeouts per nine innings.

In his first start, Carrasco pitched 5.2 innings pitched, gave up 7 hits, allowed 5 earned runs, gave up 2 home runs, and struck out 4 batters.

Cookie improved his record for his first start of the season in his career to 3-4 in 9 starts.

.@Indians fans: not too early to begin our annual “When ____ gets 4+ runs of support..” tracking:

In his last 36 starts, when @Cookie_Carrasco gets 4+ runs of support, #Tribe is 34-2.

We lead 6-3, top 4 pic.twitter.com/Egl7JzNYZ9

— Jensen Lewis (@JLEWFifty) March 31, 2018

As mentioned by Jensen Lewis, in Carrasco’s last 36 starts if the Indians score four or more runs, he has a record of 34-2…that record now improves to 35-2 in 37 starts after today.

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