Tyler Naquin and the Cleveland Indians came up just short in their latest attempted rally.
Following a game-ending inside-the-park homer by Naquin on Friday night, the Indians fought back with a five-run fourth, but could not add on in a 6-5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night.
“You don’t want to roll over,” said Lonnie Chisenhall, whose three-run homer tied the game and erased a 5-0 deficit. “[You] just make your organization proud. You go out there and you fight until the ninth and then come back and get them tomorrow.”
After failing to record a hit through three innings, the Indians’ offense came to life against starter Aaron Sanchez.
Carlos Santana walked and Jason Kipnis hit a potential double-play grounder to second base. However, after fielding the ball, second baseman Devon Travis made an errant throw to put two runners on.
Cleveland took advantage of the error. Mike Napoli hit a sacrifice fly and Jose Ramirez knocked an RBI single to center before Chisenhall homered on the 10th pitch of his at-bat.
“It was a good swing,” Chisenhall said. “It was nice to come back right there and answer back after they put up a few runs and put us in a good spot.”
“Lonnie’s at-bat was tremendous,” manager Terry Francona said.
After Chisenhall’s homer, Edwin Encarnacion hit a go-ahead shot deep into the left-field bleachers off starter Josh Tomlin (11-7).
“That one hurt, even though we had a lot of game left,” Francona said.
In other results, it was:
‧ Reds 11, Dodgers 1
‧ Cubs 9, Rockies 2
‧ Mets 9, Giants 5
‧ White Sox 6, Athletics 2
‧ Yankees 5, Angels 1
‧ Astros 12, Orioles 2
‧ Diamondbacks 2, Padres 1
‧ Marlins 3, Pirates 1
‧ Mariners 8, Brewers 2
‧ Royals 10, Twins 0
‧ Phillies 4, Cardinals 2
‧ Red Sox 3, Tigers 2
‧ Nationals 11, Braves 9
‧ Rays 8, Rangers 2
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