Indians Fall Back to .500 at 31-31 Following 6-4 Loss to Dodgers; Three Takeaways From the Loss

1. Defensive Blunder Costly

The Indians were almost out of the fateful 8th inning having allowed just one run, but a brutally huge error by Erik Gonzalez, playing for the injured Jason Kipnis, opened the door for three more runs.

With one out and the bases loaded, a perfect double play grounder was hit to short. Gonzalez took the relay, but whiffed on stepping on second base while turning what should have been an easy twin killing.

What ensued was a replay reversal after it was at first called an out, and the Dodgers made the Indians pay in a big way.

First off a run scored on what should have been the double play, and then Chris Taylor poked a two-run single to center to make it a 6-2 affair, sending a lot of Indians fans to the exits.

Call it a lack of focus or just being lazy on the part of Gonzalez, but by not touching second base and thus getting out of the inning, it killed just about any chance of the Tribe rallying for what was a much needed win that didn’t happen.

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