Tribe Strikes Early But Falter Late, Blue Jays Win 8-4; Three Takeaways From The Victory

1) Different paths. Similar results.

Tonight’s starters both finished the game with four earned runs. The only difference was the way in which they gave up those runs. Mike Clevinger started the game off hot, as he gave up just one hit and zero walks in the first three innings.

Marcus Stroman, on the other hand, struggled right out of the gate as Francisco Lindor started the Tribe offense off with a single in the first. The Indians then added two more hits en route to scoring two first-inning runs. The second inning was more of the same for Stroman as he surrendered two more runs. After the 2nd inning, things changed for Stroman as he was able to keep the Indians offense at bay and was able to get through the fifth inning.

	IP	H	R	BB	SO	HR	Pitches
Stroman	5	9	4	2	5	0	99

 

Just as Stroman was seeming to gain control of his pitches, the opposite happened to Clevinger. The fourth inning was very unkind to Clevinger as he gave up two walks, and threw 37 of his 82 pitches in the fourth alone. He has struggled early on in his career to get deep into games and unfortunately for Tribe fans Friday was much of the same. He is such a promising pitcher but continues to get in his own way at times, as one bad inning ultimately ruined what was otherwise a good outing. Sometimes though baseball is a cruel game, and one mistake can cost you.

	IP	H	R	BB	SO	HR	Pitches
Clevinger	4	3	4	2	5	1	82

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