Indians Lose Doubleheader Opener to Jays 13-11 in 11 Innings; Three Takeaways From the Loss

1. The Pen Gets Weaker

The Indians already frail bullpen took another blow in game one, as the team lost pitcher Nick Goody with what’s being called (at the moment) right elbow inflammation.

The team quickly placed him on the 10-day DL and called up reliever Evan Marshall and purchased his contract from AAA Columbus, also making a move and putting Danny Salazar on the 60-day DL.

The team has had so many issues with the pen as of late, and while Goody wasn’t exactly pitching well (eight earned runs on 10 hits in his last four outings), but he was an arm out of the pen and right now the team is looking at all options for pitchers that can get hitters out once the starter leaves the game.

The pen again had more woes in game one, as after Carlos Carrasco left after giving up six runs on nine hits in 5.1 innings, the pen allowed seven runs in 5.2 innings.

Right now the team has to find some arms that can get players out – wherever they can.

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