Lindor hits two HRs in Indians win
Francisco Lindor had two solo homers and four RBI, Shane Bieber pitched into the seventh inning to remain unbeaten in nine road starts and the Cleveland Indians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-4 on Thursday night for their third straight win.
Lindor connected on right-hander Sam Gaviglio’s third pitch of the game, the seventh leadoff homer of his career, then went deep to right off Gaviglio again in the third for his eighth career multihomer game. Lindor has 33 home runs this season. He added a two-run single in the fifth and singled again in the ninth.
Toronto’s Rowdy Tellez doubled in the second and fourth innings after getting a pinch-hit double in his debut Wednesday, making him the first player in major league history with extra-base hits in each of his first three plate appearances.
Jason Kipnis hit a three-run shot off Blue Jays reliever Mark Leiter Jr. in the ninth, his 15th.
Bieber (9-3) allowed four runs, three earned, and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings, improving to 5-0 away from home.
Gaviglio (3-8) allowed five runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings to lose for the fourth time in five starts.
Trailing 2-0 on Lindor’s two blasts, the Blue Jays rallied with four in the fourth. Tellez doubled home a run, Tesocar Hernandez hit a two-run double and scored on a fielding error by first baseman Yonder Alonso.
The Indians answered with three in the fifth. Brandon Guyer chased Gaviglio with an RBI double, and Lindor greeted reliever Jose Fernandez with a two-run single.
San Diego 6, Cincinnati 2: Francisco Mejia hit a solo homer and a three-run shot in his first start for the Padres, leading San Diego to a 6-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
Mejia connected on his first two swings against Luis Castillo for his first homers in the majors.