And for just the second time all year, couldn't hold the lead. Tavarez loaded the bases in the ninth and Jose Mesa was called in. Albie was pulled in the eighth after a solo shot by Phil Nevin made it 8-4. The Tribe tacked on two insurance runs in the eighth on RBI doubles by Tony Pena and Vizquel. Belle hit another bomb to make it 6-3 in the fifth. Herb Perry added another in the fifth, but Cecil Fielder crushed a three run shot in the fourth.
But the Tigers won in the sixth with a walk to Bobby Higginson, a grounder and a double by John Flaherty.Īlbie Lopez got the start on Sunday and was treated to a quick 4-0 lead in the first with a pair of RBI singles by Baerga and Thome wrapped around a 2 run double by Belle. Again, Omar tied it up, this time in the sixth and with a home run. Omar atoned in the third with his own deep fly out, but Fryman again had an RBI off Orel Hershiser. The Tigers got the first run on an error by Vizquel and a sacrifice fly by Travis Fryman. The streak ended on Saturday as Felipe Lira silenced the bats. Charles Nagy got the victory with four runs in seven innings. It was actually a 7-4 score heading to the eighth when Belle hit a grand slam off Mike Myers. The initial big blow was a three run homer by Sandy Alomar in the fourth to give the Tribe a 5-4 lead off Jose Lima. The winning streak reached nine on Friday as the Tribe bats tattooed Tiger pitching for 14 runs on 21 hits. September 3: Indians 9, Tigers 8, 10 innings Belle made it back to back walk offs in the tenth with a two run shot off Jimmy Rogers. Sandy doubled him to third and he scored on a Baerga fly out. In the bottom of the ninth, Manny singled and Wayne Kirby pinch ran for him. Murray tied it off starter Edwin Hurtado in the sixth with a base hit, but again, the Blue Jays went right back up by one in the seventh. The Blue Jays took the lead off Ken Hill in the fourth on RBIs by John Olerud, Sprague and Green. In the finale, both Lofton and Vizquel singled in the first and both would score on outs by Jim Thome and Belle. Then Belle crushed his 32nd homer to deep left to walk off with the victory. Vizquel bunted him over and Baerga plated him with his own sacrifice fly. Lofton doubled off Tony Castillo to lead off. A walk to Ed Sprague loaded the bases and Robbie scored on a sacrifice fly by Mike Huff. It stayed knotted until the fourteenth, when Robbie Alomar doubled off Assenmacher and then Joe Carter singled. Herb Perry triples in Manny in the sixth off Pat Hentgen, but Shane Green homered off Dennis Martinez in the seventh to tie it right back up. But the Tribe quickly tied it up in the third on an RBI single by Vizquel.
#INDIANS AND BLUE JAYS SCORE SERIES#
The Blue Jays got their first lead of the series on Saturday when Devon White walked and then scored on a Molitor single and an error by Lofton. Clark had a three hit complete game, with the only run a Paul Molitor solo shot in the ninth. Alomar and Lofton had RBI singles in the seventh, with Murray scoring the fourth run in the eighth on an Alomar grounder. The Tuesday matchup between Mark Clark and Juan Guzman was scoreless until the fourth when Baerga singled and went to second on an error and third on a grounder. Chad Ogea allowed just one run in the fourth, while Paul Assenmacher and Julian Tavarez wrapped it up.
Manny Ramirez added a solo shot in the third to complete the Tribe scoring. After Vizquel walked, Baerga singled, Albert Belle doubled, and Murray singled in two more to make it 8-0. Lofton stole second and went to third on an errant throw.
Sandy Alomar reached on an error and then scored when Lofton singled. After two outs, Paul Sorrento also homered. But it was the second inning that doomed Giovanni Carrara and the Blue Jays. Also, we review how the Tribe fared against the AL East pitching wise.Īugust 30: Blue Jays 3, Indians 4, 14 inningsĪugust 31: Blue Jays 4, Indians 6, 10 inningsĪ pair of singles by Kenny Lofton and Omar Vizquel got the Indians off to a quick start as Lofton would score on a Carlos Baerga groundout. The Indians play Toronto for four games at home, then head up to Detroit in a four game series wrapped around the Labor Day holiday.
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