Indians keeping Cleveland sports fans in a good place

Gabrielle McMillen

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Each night in the 2016 baseball season, we'll run down the top news, facts and highlights from action around Major League Baseball.

Major league sports teams in Cleveland have not lost a game in two weeks. Literally.

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Thanks to a Carlos Santana solo home run in the 19th inning, the Indians extended their winning streak to a team-record 14 games as Cleveland defeated Toronto 2-1 in a game that lasted 6 hours and 13 minutes.

The Indians' 14-game winning streak breaks the club record of 13 set in 1942 and equaled in 1951. The streak is the longest in the American League since the Athletics won 20 straight in 2002.

The Jays got off to a rocky start when Edwin Encarnacion and manager John Gibbons were ejected in the first for arguing with home plate umpire Vic Carapazzo about Encarnacion's strikeout. 

The teams had been tied at 1-all since the sixth, and used a combined total of 19 pitchers. The situation grew so desperate for the Blue Jays they used not one, but two infielders, Darwin Barney and Ryan Goins, to pitch in relief. Barney picked up the loss when he yielded the Santana home run.

Indians starter Trevor Bauer had been scheduled to pitch Saturday, but was brought out as a reliever and pitched for five innings, earning the win.

Player of the day

Michael Fulmer, Tigers — The rookie pitcher gave up just two hits and recorded 10 strikeouts over seven innings to propel the Tigers to a 10-2 thumping of the Rays. He is 8-2 with a 2.17 ERA. The Rays’ two runs came off a Brad Miller homer in the ninth inning. 

Highlight

C.J. Cron crushed his first career grand slam against the Red Sox, which brought the Angels to within one run.

Three things to know

— David Ortiz hit his 522nd career home run against the Angels, putting him in sole possession of 19th place on the all-time home run list. He had been in a four-way tie with former Red Sox great Ted Williams, Frank Thomas and Willie McCovey. It was also Ortiz's 2,000th hit with the Red Sox.

— Victor Martinez had his 10th career multi-homer game against the Rays, along with six RBIs. It's the first time he has had that many RBIs since July 2004. 

— The Phillies snapped a seven-game losing streak at home with their 4-3 win over the Royals. The last time they had a losing streak of eight or more games at home was when they lost 10 in a row in 1972.

What's next

White Sox (40-40) at Astros (43-37), 4:10 p.m. ET — Two aces will be on the mound as Chicago's Chris Sale (13-2, 2.79 ERA) takes on Houston's Doug Fister (8-4, 3.36). Sale needs just two more wins to tie David Wells' record for most wins (15) by an American League pitcher before the All-Star break since 1990.

Reds (29-52) at Nationals (49-32), 7:15 p.m. ET — Ben Revere's walk-off double saved the Nats after 14 innings Friday, as they won their sixth straight, but can they keep up the momentum Saturday? Cincinnati pitcher Dan Straily (4-5, 4.38 ERA) will face a tough Nationals lineup, going against Washington starter Joe Ross (7-4, 3.30 ERA).

Gabrielle McMillen