Indians Outlast Rain, Hens Behind Three-Run Sixth
INDIANAPOLIS - An 11-strikeout performance by Indians hurler Tyler Glasnow and a 3-for-3, two-RBI effort from Eury Pérez guided Indianapolis to a 5-3 win over the Toledo Mud Hens Tuesday night at Victory Field. Glasnow's 11 whiffs matched his career high in a Tribe uniform; he accomplished the feat twice
INDIANAPOLIS - An 11-strikeout performance by Indians hurler
Indianapolis (40-30) won its fourth straight contest to become the fourth International League squad to reach 40 wins this season, and did so in front of 12,426 in attendance, the third-largest Victory Field crowd in 2017.
Trailing 2-1 entering the bottom of the sixth, Indy rallied for three runs to take a 4-2 lead.
Following the pitching change,
Toledo's (30-39) Matt den Dekker, who opened the game with a solo shot off Glasnow, drilled a two-out dinger off
Following a 36-minute rain delay, Rogers dumped a two-out single into shallow right, scoring Austin Meadows from second base.
The Hens went back-to-back to start the game, as den Dekker and JaCoby Jones took Glasnow deep. The 23-year-old settled in to record the 15th 10-plus strikeout game of his career. He escaped a bases-loaded jam in the fifth when den Dekker made the last out of the inning on a stolen-base attempt of home.
The Indians and Hens wrap their three-game set Wednesday afternoon at Victory Field. The Tribe will send right-hander