What Trevor Bauer said after 19-inning win was perfect old-school attitude
The Cleveland Indians are riding the longest winning streak in franchise history, and they're not giving it up. No matter what.
Pushed to extra innings Friday at Toronto, the Indians and the Blue Jays both ran out of relievers, but the Tribe didn't do what the Jays did. While Toronto brought in not one but two position players to pitch, Cleveland called on Saturday's starter, Trevor Bauer, who pitched five scoreless innings for the win. Which came after 19 innings.
Afterward, Bauer was asked if he'd still start Saturday, and his response was perfect old-school attitude.
"I hope so," he said. Asked how many pitches he'd thrown, he replied "Start me, I don't care."
Manager Terry Francona does care, and was discussing whom to start with his staff.
"We're working through that right now," Francona said. "We've got some things we've got to talk through."
But the most important thing was they got the win, and Friday's starter, Josh Tomlin, tipped his cap to Saturday's starter, and the rest of the team, for focusing on that.
"When TB came in, the day before he's supposed to start, the innings he logged were huge innings," said Tomlin, who started and allowed one run in six innings "What he did today was pretty spectacular.
"We're playing as a team. We're doing whatever it takes to win a game today and worry about tomorrow, tomorrow."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
