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Cleveland starting pitcher Mitch Talbot will look to break a personal four-game losing streak and earn his first win at Progressive Field this season when the Indians host the Toronto Blue Jays in the second game of a four-game series on Friday. Game time is scheduled for 4:05 p.m. (PT).
Talbot (2-5, 5.60 ERA) has gone winless in his last six outings with an 0-4 record and two no-decisions. He is 0-2 in four home starts with a 6.86 ERA but has only pitched there once over the last month.
The last time Talbot pitched at Progressive Field came on June 21, when he went 6 1/3 innings and gave up three runs and eight hits with two walks and two strikeouts. Cleveland lost that game 4-3 as a +120 home underdog, and Talbot has not been a favorite in any of his 10 starts so far this year.
Ironically, the last win for Talbot came against the Blue Jays back on May 31. He allowed just one run and six hits in 6 2/3 innings of a 6-3 victory at Toronto.
The Blue Jays will send 26-year-old southpaw Jo-Jo Reyes (3-7, 4.85) to the mound searching for his first win in four starts. Reyes is 0-2 in his past three outings, surrendering 14 runs in 15 innings over that stretch. He has been an underdog in five of his last six starts.
A former member of the Braves, Reyes started just five games combined during his previous two seasons in Atlanta, He is five starts away from setting a career high he achieved there in 2008 when he started 23 games.
Reyes is also only one victory away from totaling a career-high four wins, which does not necessarily say much for a pitcher who owns a lifetime record of 8-22.
The one major accomplishment Reyes can hang his baseball cap on this season is the first complete-game victory of his career which he earned at home against Cleveland on May 30. He allowed just one run to the Indians on eight hits over nine innings with four walks and four strikeouts in an 11-1 rout.
The only mistake he made was serving up a solo home run to Shelley Duncan in the fourth inning.
The ‘over’ has cashed in the last two starts for Reyes – both at home – while his past two road outings have gone ‘under’ the total. Similarly, Talbot’s last two starts have gone ‘over’ though they were both on the road while his last two at home have each gone ‘under’ the total.
This series marks the second and final meeting between the two clubs this season. The Indians won two of three in Toronto (May 30-June 1), all three contests going 'over' the total. Cleveland won four of the seven played at Progressive Field a season ago, the 'under' going 4-3 in those matchups.
Friday’s weather forecast in Cleveland calls for a high temperature of 82 degrees under partly cloudy skies and a low of 65.
Cleveland starting pitcher Mitch Talbot will look to break a personal four-game losing streak and earn his first win at Progressive Field this season when the Indians host the Toronto Blue Jays in the second game of a four-game series on Friday. Game time is scheduled for 4:05 p.m. (PT).
Talbot (2-5, 5.60 ERA) has gone winless in his last six outings with an 0-4 record and two no-decisions. He is 0-2 in four home starts with a 6.86 ERA but has only pitched there once over the last month.
The last time Talbot pitched at Progressive Field came on June 21, when he went 6 1/3 innings and gave up three runs and eight hits with two walks and two strikeouts. Cleveland lost that game 4-3 as a +120 home underdog, and Talbot has not been a favorite in any of his 10 starts so far this year.
Ironically, the last win for Talbot came against the Blue Jays back on May 31. He allowed just one run and six hits in 6 2/3 innings of a 6-3 victory at Toronto.
The Blue Jays will send 26-year-old southpaw Jo-Jo Reyes (3-7, 4.85) to the mound searching for his first win in four starts. Reyes is 0-2 in his past three outings, surrendering 14 runs in 15 innings over that stretch. He has been an underdog in five of his last six starts.
A former member of the Braves, Reyes started just five games combined during his previous two seasons in Atlanta, He is five starts away from setting a career high he achieved there in 2008 when he started 23 games.
Reyes is also only one victory away from totaling a career-high four wins, which does not necessarily say much for a pitcher who owns a lifetime record of 8-22.
The one major accomplishment Reyes can hang his baseball cap on this season is the first complete-game victory of his career which he earned at home against Cleveland on May 30. He allowed just one run to the Indians on eight hits over nine innings with four walks and four strikeouts in an 11-1 rout.
The only mistake he made was serving up a solo home run to Shelley Duncan in the fourth inning.
The ‘over’ has cashed in the last two starts for Reyes – both at home – while his past two road outings have gone ‘under’ the total. Similarly, Talbot’s last two starts have gone ‘over’ though they were both on the road while his last two at home have each gone ‘under’ the total.
This series marks the second and final meeting between the two clubs this season. The Indians won two of three in Toronto (May 30-June 1), all three contests going 'over' the total. Cleveland won four of the seven played at Progressive Field a season ago, the 'under' going 4-3 in those matchups.
Friday’s weather forecast in Cleveland calls for a high temperature of 82 degrees under partly cloudy skies and a low of 65.
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