Massive miscommunication leads to Indians’ 9th-inning meltdown

Cody Allen rightfully bears the brunt of this loss, but it’s not to paint a beer soaked foam finger directly at Terry Francona.

I know you’re sick of hearing that Tito did something wrong after every loss, I’ve read the comments. I read them as much as you read the articles. But there’s no avoiding it tonight: Tito screwed up. As much as the collapse started with Cody Allen not being able to get three consecutive outs, it was made infinitely worse by a couple of baffling decisions by Francona and one hell of a bad game of telephone.

First and foremost, leaving Allen in for as long as he did. Allen threw 31 pitches, only 19 strikes, and very pitches that looked like they were thrown the way…