The Jerusalem Post

Despite Davis’s cycle, Tribe’s 14-game streak ends

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Rajai Davis became the eighth Cleveland Indians player to hit for the cycle, but it was not enough to continue the club’s record winning streak on Saturday night.

That’s because Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson tied the game with a home run in the seventh, then singled home the go-ahead run in the three-run eighth to end the Indians’ streak at 14 games with a 9-6 victory.

Davis completed the cycle with a single in the ninth inning against Blue Jays closer Roberto Osuna, The crowd gave the former Blue Jays outfielder an ovation. Then Davis stole second, but could not score as Osuna earned his 16th save of the season.

Davis homered in the first, tripled in the third and doubled in the seventh before his single and became the first Indian since Travis Hafner, on August 14, 2003, at Minnesota to hit for the cycle.

The Indians set the club record of 14 straight victories when they defeated the Blue Jays 2-1 in 19 innings on Friday.

Edwin Encarnacio­n hit a three-run homer and Troy Tulowitzki hit a two-run shot in addition to Donaldson’s solo shot for Toronto (44-39), while Carlos Santana homered for Cleveland (49-31).

Elsewhere in MLB, C.J. Cron had six hits, including two home runs, to lead a 22-hit attack as last-place the Los Angeles Angels walloped the Boston Red Sox 21-2.

Carlos Perez had five hits and drove in six runs, Cron drove in five and Albert Pujols hit his 575th career homer and drove in five for the Angels, who scored 11 runs in the seventh inning. It was the sixth time in franchise history the Angels scored 20 runs in a game - the first time since 2004

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