CLEVELAND, Ohio – If Shane Bieber and Lucas Giolito meet on Tuesday in Game 1 of the post-season wild-card round, one thing will not be missing. It will be strikeouts.
Some walk-heroes can also be heroics.
Bieber scored 10 runs in five innings and Giolito scored 11 runs at 6pm on Wednesday as India beat the White Sox 3-2, the second straight night in walk-in fashion. The man swinging the bat this time was Jordan Luplo, who led the game from Gio Gonzalez to the left-hand home run porch with a 0-0 in the ninth.
It was the Indians’ third walk-win win of the season and gave them a 7-2 record against AL Central-leading White Sox. They have won six of their last seven games in a series of eight games.
Luplo, after contact, waved the bat towards the Indian dugout as he knew he had ended the game.
“I was just trying to be aggressive, get a good pitch to hit in that situation and hurt something,” Luplow said. “You’re going to do this.”
The Indians got the postseason spot on Tuesday. The White Sox were held last week. As of Wednesday, the seventh-ranked Indians were set to play the second-ranked White Sox in the best-ranked series on Tuesday on the Guaranteed Rate field. Each team has four games left in the games0-game sprint to change, especially since the White Sox lost four straight games of the season.
However the Indians are playing their best baseball.
“It’s just great that we went through all the stuff,” Luplo said. “Tito is gone and this is a strange year. This is special for us. We have always chased each other throughout the year. It’s more enjoyable than our pitching staff and offenders starting to like it. “
To win, Bieber is leading the big leagues in strikeouts, IRA and strikeouts in nine innings. A.L. In that percentage, FIP and era + wins. He struck out 10 or more batsmen for the eighth time this season, making his strikeout total 122. He also dropped his IRA to 1.63 at the end of the regular season.
Giolito trailed 2-1, after the sixth. He threw a season-high 119 pitches in the third innings against the Indians in 2020.
“I know Bieber felt a little stronger today and he’s having trouble commanding the breaking ball early in the game, trying to slow himself down a bit,” said acting manager Sandy Alomar. “He still managed to get out of there in five places, he gave us a chance to win and he didn’t leave the desert he earned. This guy is a fighter.”
Bieber threw 98 pitches in his five innings. He allowed an unbeaten run, two hits and three walks.
Asked if he plans to get out after five next week with the postseason, Bieber said, “I’ve just thrown a lot of pitches. Will face them in more time.
“It didn’t make much sense, especially when you could give the ball to the person next to us.”
The Indians took a 2-1 lead in the sixth. Jose Ramirez, the walk-hero f hero from Tuesday night, pulled an one-out walk. Carlos Santana, who entered a 1-for-10 game in his career against Giolito, doubled Ramirez to third when he sent a grounder through the insecure left side of the Chicago defense.
Frenmill Reyes, 1-2 in the count, scored Ramirez from the Sacrifice Fly to Center to break the tie down, 1-1.
Chicago flew him to the eighth pair of James Karinchak from the sacrificial flight of Yon Moncada and Jose Abrey, who saved his third flight. Rey is leading the big leagues in RBI at 57.
Rupee Tristan Mann Kenzi looked good coming out of the bullpen. Mackenzie, who started sixth in Bieber’s relief, worked two scoreless innings. He struck out three and walked one.
Mackenzie’s speed dropped to 89 to 90 mph in his opening Saturday against the Tigers. Pitching coach Carl Willis said it was not unexpected that Mackenzie was pitching competitively for the first time since August 2018 due to injury. McKenzie’s speed was 94 mph back in his ition dish to make a postseason bullpen.
The win went to Brad Brand (2-1), who finished ninth.
Santana gave Beer a 1-0 lead with a leadoff homer in the second. It was the seventh of his season and he is sixth on the team’s home run list, paired with home famed famed Larry Dobby. Homer had his first Geolito approval against the Indians after Michael Brantley went deep on June 11, 2018.
The White Sox tied the score in fourth place with an undefeated score. Abrey made a mistake when Ramirez failed to reach his hard grounder in third place. Alloy Jimenez doubled it to third. Abre scored a short goal on Edwin Ancarnasian’s field.
Next
The Indian and White Sox will end their regular-season series on Thursday when Zach Plessak (-2-6, 1.8585) faces Chicago’s Lefty Dallas Cachel (-2-6, 2.04) at 6-10 pm Sportstime Ohio, MLB Network, WTM And will do on WMMS. The game will carry.
If Indian and White Sox meet next week in the postseason on Guaranteed Rate Field, then Placec and Cuschel Game 2 could be a matchup.
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