Cease, Two Homers Lead Knights Past Tribe
INDIANAPOLIS -Rookie Davis tossed 5.0 innings of one-run ball, but it wasn't enough as the Indians suffered a 3-0 loss to the Knights on Sunday. Matt Skole and Ryan Goins homered for Charlotte, who won for just the second time in the last five seasons at Victory Field.
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Three batters into the afternoon affair, Skole cleared the wall in right-center for his third home run to put Charlotte (7-4) on top.
Davis went toe-to-toe with Cease for Indianapolis (6-4). After Skole's home run, the Tribe right-hander retired 13 of the last 15 batters he faced, three on strikeouts.
The score remained 1-0 until the eighth when Goins snuck a two-run homer inside the right field foul pole for insurance. The Tribe had a chance to level the game in the seventh, but
Cease (W, 2-0) earned the win with 5.0 shutout innings, allowing two hits and one walk with four punchouts. Davis (L, 0-1) was handed the tough-luck loss, despite giving up just one earned run on two hits.
Even Marshall (S, 1) pitched a perfect ninth for the save.
The loss snapped Indy's six-game winning streak.
The Indians welcome Toledo to the Circle City on Monday night for the first of a four-game series. Righty