Another great benefit of Beckett's great 3rd: Sabathia's right back out there after his 26 pitch top of the inning.
Kielty starts things off looking at strike one. On 1-1, Bobby singles sharply to right.
Tek's up...and jumps back from ball one. He singles to left on the second pitch.
Coco's got to do something here...time for a little NL ball? He bunts foul on the first pitch. I'd have him try again. Lugo's been much better in RBI situations than without runners on base. They do, and he pulls it back from an inside pitch. Again! Two more runs here, and Josh can cruise. He does, and it's foul again. With two strikes? Not for me. Tito either, and Crisp fans on 1-2. To quote Charlie Brown, "AARGH!"
Now Lugo. Hey, there's is one guy in scoring position for him...but he grounds the first pitch to Peralta for a 6u-3 DP. That's about 10 of those that Cleveland has turned in the series. WAY too many!
Pitch count: Inning, only 10 pitches, 7 of them strikes; game, 69 pitches, 43 of them strikes.
As Castiglione surely said, "A huge squander!"
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