Nine players took the field Friday night for the Cleveland Indians, but only one of them actually came to play. Unfortunately that lone ranger was Shane Bieber, who made the fatal mistake of allowing the Minnesota Twins to score a couple of runs. The Tribe lineup was only there to collect a paycheck — Friday is payday, after all — and clock a couple hours of physical activity to stay loose in the weeks before they take their chances in October.
The Indians’ 3-1 loss to the Twins extended their current losing streak to four games.
Bieber failed to hold Minnesota to negative runs, surrendering a two-run homer to Byron Buxton in the second inning on a hanging slider that had a .