Tribe Pull Away in Seventh to Earn First Win in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE - The Indians took advantage of a bases-loaded, no-outs scenario in Charlotte's first turn to the bullpen Saturday night, bringing four men home to win 6-2. Indy's pitching staff didn't allow an extra base hit and stranded 10 Knights runners on base.
CHARLOTTE - The Indians took advantage of a bases-loaded, no-outs scenario in Charlotte's first turn to the bullpen Saturday night, bringing four men home to win 6-2. Indy's pitching staff didn't allow an extra base hit and stranded 10 Knights runners on base.
Starter
Indy (25-21) promptly answered in the next half inning.
Normally filling the closing role,
The game remained tied until the seventh. Indy managed to get its first three hitters on base, chasing
But Luplow's screaming grounder blazed past third baseman Patrick Leonard, scoring two more and ballooning the lead to four runs, where it would stay.
The two clubs resume the series Sunday at 7:04 p.m., the final night game of the four-game set. J.T. Brubaker (2-0, 2.65) will man the mound for the Indians while
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