Carlos Carrasco clearly deserved to win.
The Tribe's right-handed hurler surrendered only 1 earned run in a complete game effort on Friday evening at AT&T Park, but neither his offense or his defense offered much help.
Despite the fact that the Indians managed only 2 hits, Carrasco actually enjoyed a 3-1 advantage after 5 frames of play. However, in the 6th, the wheels began to fall off of Cleveland's defense. 1st baseman Carlos Santana committed a throwing error and a fielding error, resulting in a trio of unearned tallies. The Giants' 3rd run scored when Andres Torres scampered home on a foul pop to the 3rd baseman Jack Hannahan. That makes absolutely no sense until you realize that Hannahan was stumbling backwards as he made the catch. Once he started to lose his balance, Hannahan probably should have allowed the ball to drop foul. Instead, San Francisco had a lead that its dominant bullpen never relinquished.
The Giants' starter, Jonathan Sanchez, struggled to command his pitches, and the Tribe made him pay early in the contest. In the 1st, Orlando Cabrera and Asdrubal Cabrera drew walks before Santana cranked a 2-run double into the left-center field alley. The Indians scored again in the 3rd, but Shin-Soo Choo was injured in the process. A Sanchez fastball drilled Choo in the left hand, forcing the native South Korean to exit the ballgame. X-rays showed that Choo had broken his thumb, and he will be headed to the disabled list. The costly hit-by-pitch did aid the Tribe because Jack Hannahan later hit a RBI single to center.
Hannahan's base-hit was Cleveland's last of the night.
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| The sight of Choo lying face-down in the dirt was more discouraging than the loss |
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