Electric Bauer fans 11 as red-hot Tribe blank Twins
CLEVELAND: Trevor Bauer struck out 11 and gave up just three hits over six innings, and Edwin Encarncion gave him plenty of support with a home run and four RBIs as the Cleveland Indians cruised to a 10-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night at Progressive Field.
Yonder Alonso, Brandon Guyer and Jason Kipnis also homered for hosts Cleveland, who won their third straight game and improved to 33-15 against AL Central competition.
Francisco Lindor, Michael Brantley and Kipnis each finished with two hits.
It was the 10th double-digit strikeout game of the season for Bauer (11-6), tying Boston’s Chris Sale for the American League lead in that category.
The 11 strikeouts also gave Bauer 206 for the season, making him the 11th pitcher in Cleveland history to reach 200 strikeouts in a season — and the second fastest to do it behind only 2017 AL Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber.
At Chicago, Lance Lynn pitched two-hit ball for 7 1/3 masterful innings, and the New York Yankees halted their season-high, five-game losing streak with a 7-0 victory at Chicago.
Inserted into the rotation to replace a struggling Sonny Gray, Lynn (8-8) produced a gem in his first start for the Yankees and first start since July 27 for Minnesota at Boston. He tied a season high with nine strikeouts and walked one. Gleyber Torres and Neil Walker homered for the Yankees. The White Sox saw their season-high, fourgame winning streak stopped while getting blanked for the 10th time.
At San Francisco, Marwin Gonzalez belted a three-run home run with two outs in the ninth inning, and Houston turned a late rally into a win at San Francisco.
Gonzalez clubbed his 10th home run of the season off Will Smith (1-2), driving home Alex Bregman and Yuli Gurriel, both of whom had walked. It marked the third homer on the current road trip batting right-handed for the switch hitter.