Indians lose in Encarnacion’s homecoming to Toronto, Three Takeaways from 4-2 defeat

3.) Indians offense late to the party

To start off the game, the Indians made some loud outs. The Indians sent 3 batters to the plate and Carlos Santana started off the game with a fly out to Kevin Pillar. Jason Kipnis hit a line out to Jose Bautista to end the first inning.

In the sixth inning, the Indians were threatening with runners on the corners with 2 outs. Jose Ramirez was up at the plate and if it wasn’t for an outstanding catch by Pillar the result of tonight’s game could have been different.

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— Keith Britton (@KeithBritton86) May 9, 2017

The Indians didn’t get on the board until the 8th inning when Lindor hit a 2-run single and advanced to second when Devon Travis was called for an interference error. The Tribe looked to be threatening with no outs and had Kipnis, Encarnacion, and Ramirez due up.

Kipnis grounded out to first which advanced Lindor to third base. The Indians still looked to be in good shape but Encarnacion and Ramirez both struck out to end the 8th inning.

A positive in the loss though from tonight is that in the Indians previous 4 series the team has lost the first game 3 times and went on to win the series.

Tomorrow the Indians will look to bounce back and will be sending Carlos Carrasco to the mound. The Blue Jays have not announced who starter will be yet.
First pitch is scheduled to be at 7:07 PM EST.

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