Indians Start the Second Half with a Whimper in 5-0 Shutout Loss to A’s; Three Takeaways From the Loss

1. Swing and a Miss

Friday night the Indians offense struck out 11 times, a number that isn’t going to win you many games. Considering they pounded out only four hits, it shows just how they were overmatched by the Oakland pitching staff led by the start of Sonny Gray.

Two of the Indians power sticks in the lineup, Edwin Encarnacion and Carlos Santana, were both 0-for-4 and each struck out three times, meaning six of the 11 strikeouts belonged to them.

Everyone in the lineup minus Francisco Lindor, Michael Brantley, and Yan Gomes (a surprise considering how many times as of late he’s been striking out) were credited with a strikeout.

There wasn’t many scoring chances at all for the Indians, but again to see how poorly this offense executed coming out of the All-Star break is a head scratcher.

We will see if they can right the ship when they are right back at it on Saturday.

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