Indians Defeat Blue Jays in 19th Inning: Stats, Highlights and Reaction

Source: bleacherreport.com --- Friday, July 01, 2016
Carlos Santana's solo home run off Darwin Barney in the top of the 19th inning helped end this season's longest Major League Baseball game to date, with the Cleveland Indians extending their winning streak to a team-record 14 games in a 2-1 marathon victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday. The Indians came into the game as the hottest team in Baseball, owning the longest winning streak in the American League since the Oakland Athletics won 20 straight in 2002. After the win, they celebrated with an appropriate GIF on Twitter: The Blue Jays have rebounded nicely after a slow start, posting a 15-12 record in June, to enter Friday's contest 5.5 games behind the Baltimore Orioles in the American League East. Josh Tomlin and Marcus Stroman were the starting pitchers, combining to allow just two runs on 12 hits with 14 strikeouts over 12.2 innings. Both teams combined to use 19 pitchers in the contest. Toronto was short-handed from the start, as star Edwin Encarnacion and manager John Gibbons were both ejected in the first inning for arguing with the home plate umpire.  Both teams squandered their opportunities to end the game earlier. The Blue Jays had the bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the 14th, but Josh Donaldson grounded out to first base. The Indians had the bases loaded with one out in the top of the 18th against Ryan Goins, a position player, but Chris Gimenez grounded into a double play that killed the rally. ...

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