Kluber K’s 7, Moves to 9-2 as Indians Top Brewers 3-2; Three Takeaways From the ‘W’

2. The Pen Does the Rest

With Corey Kluber at 112 pitches, the Indians went to the pen in the 8th, which recent history points to being a bad thing, but this time around it was a welcome sight.

First up was Neil Ramirez, who entered the game with a 6.00 ERA in six innings pitched, but he needed just nine pitches to get out of the frame 1-2-3 and keep the Indians up 3-1.

Enter Cody Allen in the 9th, and while Brewers slugger Travis Shaw started the inning with a homer off the foul pole to make it 3-2, it didn’t seem to rattle Allen, who rebounded for three straight outs.

The save for Allen was his 10th of the year, and it was a good bounce back from his outing on Sunday in Minnesota in which he allowed a homer in the 9th to lose the game that at the time was tied at five.

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