Here are 13 Walk-Off Thoughts after the Indians’ 5-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins Friday night.
1. Trevor Bauer has been searching for answers all season. He’s now 6-6 this season with a 5.53 ERA. He’s been striking out batters at a career-best rate and is among baseball’s leaders with a 10.29 K/9 rate, which is seventh in the game. But he’s still not putting together a stretch like he did in the middle of last season, when he simplified things while working with catcher Chris Gimenez.
2. On Friday night, it was a location issue. Bauer began finding the middle of the plate—as he pointed out, at least one instance was with the intent of throwing a high strike on a 3-2 pitch—and was hit hard for a four-run second inning.