Indians Win a Wild One 8-7 Over the Reds in Cincinnati; Three Takeaways from the Win

2. Pen Problems

It’s hard to be critical of what’s been the biggest bright spot of the team thus far in 2017 that being the bullpen, but Tuesday was clearly not one of their better nights.

After Carlos Carrasco 6.1 innings allowing four runs on five hits, the pen allowed the Reds right back into the game, with Boone Logan allowing a run, and then Bryan Shaw allowing two runs to tie the game at the time at seven.

Both Logan and Shaw boat ERA’s under 3, but it was cringe worthy watching them struggle to get anyone out, leaving it up to the usual tandem of Andrew Miller, who got credit for the win, and then Cody Allen to clean up a 9th inning mess to eventually get the win.

In a game that had so many ups and downs, it was good to see the pen do enough in the end to get the win, but it could have been a lot easier if Logan and Shaw would have done their jobs in the first place.

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