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Friday's fall sports roundup: Soccer and tennis highlights

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A look at the soccer and tennis highlights in Northeast Ohio on Friday night.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Here are high school sports highlights from Friday. See below for information on how your team’s accomplishments can be recognized in these daily roundups.

SOCCER


Berea-Midpark 2, Shaker Heights 1


Danny Ruple scored two goals to help the Titans start the season off with a win.


Independence 8, Trinity 0


In front of the largest crowd to ever attend a soccer game at Independence, freshman Sam Belitz stole the show by scoring a hat-trick in the victory.


St. Ignatius 8, St. Edward 1


The Wildcats dominated the rivalry game from the beginning, scoring 14 seconds into the game on a goal by Stephen Milhoan. Milhoan went on to score five goals, while Riley Houde scored a goal to go along with two assists.




TENNIS


Chardon 5, Brush 0


Josie Creameans and Claire Hammer played a terrific duos match as the Hilltoppers took care of business on Friday night.


Kenston 5, Madison 0


Nicole Duran helped get the Bombers rolling, winning the first singles match 6-0, 6-3 as the team moved to 3-1.


Magnificat 5, Avon 0


The Blue Streaks continued their hot start to the season by defeating the Eagles, 5-0. Only one of the matches went to three sets.


St. Joseph Academy 4, Amherst 1


Hannah Schuette won the first match in straight sets to help the Jaguars get an early set.


How your team can be included in these roundups


These roundups are based on box scores and game notes entered in cleveland.com’s database by school or team representatives. If your team is not participating in the box score program please contact your athletic director or coach and encourage them to do so. They can obtain instructions and database login information from High School Sports Manager Kristen Davis at kdavis@cleveland.com.



Carlos Carrasco dominant, Michael Brantley clutch as Cleveland Indians defeat Yankees: DMan's Report, Game 121

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Carlos Carrasco struck out 11 in 6 2/3 innings and the Indians had 12 hits in a 7-3 victory over the Yankees on Friday night in Yankee Stadium.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Right-hander Carlos Carrasco gave up one run and struck out 11 in 6 2/3 innings and second baseman Jose Ramirez went 3-for-3 with one walk and three runs as the Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees, 7-3, Friday night at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. Tribe left fielder Michael Brantley was 2-for-5 with two RBI.

Here is a capsule look at the game after a DVR review of the Fox SportsTime Ohio telecast:

Impressive stuff: The Indians (57-64) are 4-1 against the first-place Yankees (67-54) with two games remaining in the season series.

The Indians secured consecutive season-series victories against the Yankees for the first time since 1968-1969. Last year, they went 4-3, including 2-1 at Yankee Stadium, where they won the final two.

The Tribe hadn't won four straight in the Boogie Down since 1995.

Hit dogs: In the five games against New York this year, the Indians have amassed 59 hits.

Hip, hip, Jose: Yes, Ramirez committed a between-the-legs error that led to a run and put the Indians in an extremely tight spot in the bottom of the eighth. But Ramirez more than made up for it at the plate, and he did so from the nine-hole.

Ramirez saw 24 pitches without making an out.

Dr. Smooth punishes: Yankees manager Joe Girardi must have forgotten who was coming to the plate for the Indians with runners on second and third and one out in the ninth inning of a one-run game. How else to explain the decision to pitch to Michael Brantley, one of MLB's best in the clutch?

Brantley faced lefty Justin Wilson and fell behind, 0-2. No big deal: For Brantley, that's when a plate appearance actually gets interesting. After taking two pitches for balls and spoiling two others, Brantley slapped a slide piece to left for an RBI single to push the Tribe's lead to 5-3.

Fox SportsTime Ohio analyst Rick Manning, addressing the viewers and STO play-by-play voice Matt Underwood, said: "They had a chance to walk him; they chose not to. I can't believe they didn't do it. Like you said: 'You play with fire, you get burned.' The next time, I think they'll walk Michael Brantley and take their chances with somebody else.''

The next batter, Carlos Santana, grounded to third. The Yankees failed to turn two, and another run scored, because Brantley disrupted second baseman Stephen Drew's throw enough with a clean, hard slide.

Jerry Sands doubled to drive in Santana to account for the final margin.

Thunder stick: Santana led off the sixth with a homer against righty Masahiro Tanaka to give the Indians a 3-1 lead. Santana lined a 3-2 fastball into the right-field seats. It came one pitch after Yankees catcher Brian McCann failed to secure  Santana's pop in the field box next to the Tribe dugout.

Cookie Express in high gear: Carrasco allowed five hits and walked one. He threw a tidy 81 of 108 pitches for strikes.

Carrasco (12-9, 3.53 ERA) secured the Tribe staff's 17th game of 10-plus strikeouts.

The composite line from Carrasco's past five starts is sensational:

39 2/3 IP, 18 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 6 BB, 40 K, .134 opp avg. (2-1, 1.36 ERA)

In his past seven road starts, Carrasco is 4-1 with a 1.56 ERA.

Against the Yankees, Carrasco relied on a fastball/changeup/slide/knuckle-curve combination. The curve was as nasty as it has been all season.

Here is a pitch-by-pitch breakdown of Carrasco's start Friday:

First inning

(L) Brett Gardner -- 95 fastball called strike; 95 fastball outside/low (barely); 94 fastball, single to left.

Skinny: Gardner went with thigh-high fastball and shot it into hole at short.

(L) Chase Headley -- 94 fastball foul; 94 fastball foul; 89 slider foul; 94 fastball foul; 97 fastball outside; 88 changeup down and away; 89 slider foul; 95 fastball, fly to left-center (down).

Skinny: Quality AB by Headley. Center fielder Abraham Almonte made catch.

(R) Alex Rodriguez -- 95 fastball foul; 95 fastball foul; 88 changeup, swinging strikeout.

Skinny: Carrasco and catcher Yan Gomes set up Rodriguez perfectly. Pitch dived to inside corner at knees.

(L) Brian McCann -- 95 fastball called strike (outside corner at knees); 95 fastball foul (pitch to hit); 84 curve down and in (McCann barely checked; Gardner stole second without throw); 89 fastball inside; 89 slider foul (inside); 97 fastball foul (outside); 89 slider inside (supposedly); 90 changeup foul; 90 changeup, pop to right.

Skinny: Carrasco held the Yankees scoreless despite three quality ABs. He also was Bucknor'd in the first: Plate umpire CB Bucknor, too often a misadventure in that role, missed the call on the 2-2 slider to McCann. It was on the inside corner at the knees.          

(23 pitches)

Second inning

(L) Carlos Beltran -- 96 fastball called strike; 96 fastball inside; 91 changeup foul; 90 slider, swinging strikeout (under hands).

Skinny: Carrasco worked over a tough out.

(L) Greg Bird -- 97 fastball foul; 96 fastball called strike (comeback to inner third); 91 slider down and in; 97 fastball, swinging strikeout.

Skinny: Fastball ran away at belt.

(R) Chris Young -- 90 slider inside (supposedly); 96 fastball called strike (knees); 91 slider foul; 85 curve foul (outside); 91 changeup inside; 96 fastball, swinging strikeout (scraped knees).

Skinny: Bucknor missed the first pitch. Carrasco was as good as striking out the side would suggest.

(14 pitches)

Third inning

(L) Stephen Drew -- 95 fastball foul; 89 slider, fly to center.

(R) Brendan Ryan -- 96 fastball called strike; 89 slider foul (hanger); 96 fastball foul; 90 slider, pop to center (off outside corner at knees).

(L) Brett Gardner -- 95 fastball outside; 88 changeup outside/low (barely); 94 fastball up and away; 93 fastball called strike; 94 fastball high, walk.

(L) Chase Headley -- 93 fastball called strike (Gomes almost picked off Gardner); 87 changeup swinging strike (at feet); 96 fastball, fielder's choice/5-6.

Skinny: Third baseman Giovanny Urshela, as part of the shift, fielded to left of shortstop's position and flipped to Francisco Lindor.

(14 pitches)

Fourth inning

(R) Alex Rodriguez -- 95 fastball low and away; 95 fastball foul; 82 curve swinging strike (in dirt); 84 curve low; 96 fastball foul; 85 curve, swinging strikeout (in lefty batter's box).

Skinny: Carrasco broke out the knuckle-curve in earnest. All three had serious depth.

(L) Brian McCann -- 88 changeup foul; 96 fastball outside (barely); 94 fastball called strike; 85 curve, swinging strikeout (down and in dirt).

Skinny: Ridiculously good curve.

(L) Carlos Beltran -- 95 fastball, double to center.

Skinny: Beltran pounced on pitch on outer third at thighs.

(L) Greg Bird -- 95 fastball, RBI single to left.

Skinny: Bird, similar to Lindor earlier in the game, went with a pitch and shot it into left for the RBI. The Indians had an opportunity to erase the speed-challenged Beltran at home, but Michael Brantley's throw went up the line. Gomes was unable to get back to tag Beltran, who had missed the plate with his initial head-first dive.

(R) Chris Young -- 96 fastball inside; 88 changeup low; 95 fastball, fly to left.

Skinny: Brantley, moving in and to his right, made a diving catch of a looping liner.

(15 pitches)

Fifth inning

(L) Stephen Drew -- fastball called strike; 94 fastball called strike; 83 curve, swinging strikeout.

(R) Brendan Ryan -- 93 fastball inside; 93 fastball called strike (inside corner); 87 changeup called strike; 96 fastball foul; 83 curve, swinging strikeout (in lefty's batter's box).

(L) Brett Gardner -- 87 changeup called strike; 88 changeup outside; 94 fastball called strike (outer third); 84 curve foul (Gardner barely got a piece); 95 fastball, called strikeout (over plate at knees).

Skinny: Carrasco and Gomes crossed up the pesky Gardner. Gomes gave a belt-high, inside target as a decoy.

(13 pitches)

Sixth inning

(L) Chase Headley -- swinging strike; 85 curve, pop to center.

(R) Alex Rodriguez -- 87 slider called strike; 87 slider called strike; 93 fastball high/outside (barely); 83 curve foul; 96 fastball foul (on hands); 89 slider outside; 94 fastball, grounder to third.

Skinny: Pitch ran to inner half at knees.

(L) Brian McCann -- 82 curve foul; 93 fastball up and away; 88 changeup, pop to right-center (down).

Skinny: Almonte called off right fielder Lonnie Chisenhall.

(12 pitches)

Seventh inning

(L) Carlos Beltran -- 93 fastball called strike (outer third); 81 curve foul; 87 changeup foul (broken bat); 90 slider in dirt; 88 slider foul (broken bat); 94 fastball foul; 83 curve, swinging strikeout (down and in).

Skinny: Carrasco went to the back leg with more nastiness. Beltran thought he had checked, but third-base umpire Dan Iassogna disagreed. Beltran and the Yankees dugout were disgusted. On Thursday night, Yankees manager Joe Girardi did not like Iassogna's zone and was ejected in the ninth inning.

Manning said: "They get upset here. They want all the calls.'' 

Fox SportsTime Ohio showed a replay.

Manning, who calls them as he sees them even if the Indians haven't benefitted,  said: "The intent was there. I'm not going to say he did not swing.''

(L) Greg Bird -- 86 changeup called strike; 94 fastball swinging strike; 88 changeup in dirt; 88 changeup foul; 88 slider, swinging strikeout.

Skinny: Bugs Bunny slider to back foot.

(L) Jacoby Ellsbury PH -- 94 fastball outside; 87 slider called strike; 89 slider, single to right (hanger).

(L) Stephen Drew -- 94 fastball called strike; 93 fastball, single to left.

Skinny: Drew shot a pitch on outside corner at knees through the hole. It is mind-boggling that Drew's average is below .200.

(L) Didi Gregorius PH --

(17 pitches)

(Lefty Kyle Crockett relieved Carrasco. Crockett struck out Gregorius in three pitches; Gregorius swing through an 0-2 fastball (91) at the knees. Gregorius, as the Yankees do, complained to Bucknor after the out because he disagreed with an 0-1 strike call on a breaking pitch.)

Memo to the Yankees: Just because your batter takes a pitch doesn't automatically make it a ball. And just because your pitcher throws a pitch that the opposition batter takes doesn't mean it is a strike. But you knew that already.

Carlos Carrasco continues to roll, Cleveland Indians rock New York Yankees, 7-3

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Carrasco authored another stellar outing to propel the Tribe to a 7-3 victory against the Yankees. He limited New York to one run on five hits over 6 2/3 innings and he tallied 11 strikeouts.

NEW YORK -- Yankee Stadium played host to Carlos Carrasco's resurrection last season. On Friday, at the same site, the right-hander offered yet another reminder of the strides he has made since that August afternoon in 2014.

Carrasco authored another stellar outing to propel the Tribe to a 7-3 victory against the Yankees. He limited New York to one run on five hits over 6 2/3 innings and he tallied 11 strikeouts.

On Aug. 10, 2014, after he pleaded with pitching coach Mickey Callaway and bullpen coach Kevin Cash, Carrasco earned his shot as redemption. The Indians re-inserted him into the starting rotation and he submitted five scoreless innings at Yankee Stadium. He held New York to two hits and he didn't walk a batter. Six days later, he tossed seven shutout frames. Six days after that, he limited Houston to one run on two hits over six innings.

The Sunday afternoon start served as the springboard. In 10 outings to close out the regular season, Carrasco posted a 1.30 ERA, with 45 hits allowed, 11 walks and 78 strikeouts in 69 innings.

Since rejoining the rotation last summer, Carrasco has logged a 2.85 ERA in 35 starts, with 43 walks and 251 strikeouts in 227 innings. He has yielded only 180 hits. Those dazzling numbers include his last five outings, in which he has compiled a 1.36 ERA, with 40 strikeouts in 39 2/3 innings.

On Friday, the Yankees registered most of their damage against the Tribe bullpen, with some help from a black hole in Jose Ramirez's glove. Their only triumph against Carrasco came in the fourth inning, when Greg Bird knotted the score at 1-1 with a two-out, RBI single.

Cleveland seemed content to cruise to a victory after that, as Abraham Almonte scored on a two-out error by Brendan Ryan, who bobbled his transfer on a slow bouncer by Francisco Lindor. A solo blast by Carlos Santana and an RBI single by Michael Brantley padded the Tribe's lead.

New York, though, struck for two in the eighth. Alex Rodriguez's RBI single shaved Cleveland's advantage to two runs. With two outs and two on, Bird rolled a sharp grounder through Ramirez's legs. The second baseman lifted his glove before the ball arrived and as it scooted into right field, Chase Headley scored. With the bases loaded and two outs, Brantley hauled in a Stephen Drew fly ball a step in front of the warning track in left field.

So, the Indians called upon their insurance providers. Brantley brought home an extra run with an RBI single in the ninth. A second run scored on a Santana fielder's choice. Jerry Sands delivered the game's final tally with a two-out RBI double.

What it means

The Indians (57-64) improved to 4-1 against the Yankees this season. The teams will play twice more this weekend. Cleveland upped its road record to 33-30. It owns a 24-34 mark at home.

Cookie express

Carrasco became the first Tribe hurler since Bartolo Colon on Sept. 18, 2000, to tally 11 strikeouts in a game at Yankee Stadium. Colon carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning of that contest. Luis Polonia broke through with a single to center with one out, the Yankees' only base knock of the game. Colon, who fanned 13, out-dueled Roger Clemens.

Equipment check

Jose Ramirez reached base in all four of his plate appearances, as he singled twice, tripled and walked. As he dashed around second base during his third-inning triple, his helmet flew off, a common occurrence for the 22-year-old.

Quick work

Southpaw Kyle Crockett relieved Carrasco with two on and two out in the seventh. Carrasco had thrown 108 pitches, 81 for strikes. Crockett struck out shortstop Didi Gregorius on three pitches, the final one a 91-mph fastball.

They came, they saw

An announced crowd of 35,940 watched the affair at Yankee Stadium.

What's next

The Indians and Yankees will reconvene for a Saturday matinee, as Tribe right-hander Danny Salazar (11-6, 3.16 ERA) will oppose New York rookie Luis Severino (0-2, 3.18). Salazar limited the Yankees to one run over 7 1/3 innings in Cleveland's 2-1 victory at Progressive Field on Aug. 12. Severino held the Tribe to two runs in six frames a day earlier. Salazar owns a 1.45 ERA over his last seven starts, during which he has allowed only 25 hits in 49 2/3 innings. He has tallied 48 strikeouts in that stretch.

Ohio State football: DT Robert Landers, walk-on LB Jared Drake the next Buckeyes to get black stripes removed

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Six Buckeyes have lost their black stripe in training camp.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Four Ohio State football players had lost their black stripes through Friday night, none from the defense.

That changed Saturday.

Freshman defensive tackle Robert Landers and walk-on sophomore linebacker Jared Drake lost their stripes after Saturday's scrimmage, Urban Meyer announced on his Twitter account.

That brings the total to six players without black stripes, now recognized as real Buckeyes by Meyer. The pair joins offensive tackle Isaiah Prince, running back Mike Weber, receiver K.J. Hill and kicker Jack Willoughby.

Landers, a three-star prospect from Dayton, was a late addition to the 2015 recruiting class. He was the kind of guy Meyer waits for, an unheralded Ohio prospect who turns it on late and earns a spot. He was one of two defensive tackles signed in 2015.

Drake is a sophomore who walked on to the team this summer. The Upper Arlington native was a five-sport athlete in high school, according to his bio on Ohio State's website.

Players to lose black stripe

* Isaiah Prince, freshman, offensive tackle

* Mike Weber, freshman, running back

* K.J. Hill, freshman, receiver

* Jack Willoughby, senior, kicker

* Robert Landers, freshman, defensive tackle

* Jared Drake, sophomore, linebacker

Browns' Mike Pettine on Terrelle Pryor: 'That window narrows every day he's not out there'

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Browns coach Mike Pettine cautions that the 'window narrows every day that' Terrelle Pryor missed with his hamstring, but Dwayne Bowe insists 'he's a specimen. You need to have a guy like that on the field.'' Watch video

BEREA, Ohio --  Browns coach Mike Pettine cautioned today that the clock is ticking on wide receiver Terrelle Pryor, who re-injured his right hamstring in joint practices against the Bills.

"There is (a lot of interest in the story), and as I've said before, he's not guaranteed a spot,'' Pettine said after practice. "He's got to play and that window narrows every day that he's not out there.''

Pryor first injured the hamstring Aug. 4 after practicing for the first five days of camp and missed the next six practices and the first preseason game. He returned for a light walk-through Aug. 15th and then re-injured the muscle Monday against the Bills at St. John Fisher College. He sat out the second practice there and the game Thursday night. When several players trickled back into a walk-through Saturday, including Duke Johnson and Dwayne Bowe, Pryor was not among them.

"I know he's getting close, but until he's out there taking those reps.... the good thing about it, he's been very engaged mentally,'' said Pettine. "He knows what to do, but that's just part of it. He's got to show it physically.''

Bowe, who hopes to play in the "dress rehearsal'' game Aug. 29th in Tampa, believed Pryor can be a threat.

 "He's a specimen,'' said Bowe. "You've got to have a guy like that on the field and first you've got to be available so he has to take care of himself.''

Bowe, who knows how tough it is to try to run with a hamstring injury, saw enough in the first five practices to put Pryor on the 53-man roster.

"I have personally, but it's not up to me to make those decisions, but he's an athlete and I think with a little bit of time, he can be able to show what he can do and that's all he's waiting on is a little time,'' said Bowe.

Bowe believes Pryor, a converted quarterback, can help the Browns in multiple ways.

"For him, he probably can be frustrated but I could understand that because he has a lot of talent and he doesn't have that much time to show it,'' said Bowe. "But he's a freak of nature. I think once he gets healed, and steps on that field, he's going to show all of the doubters that he can play both sides of the ball, play offense, I think he can play a little defense too, but you know, that's between us.''

Hopefully for the Browns, Pryor won't be a secret much longer.

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For his next trick, Jose Ramirez tries his hand at third base: Cleveland Indians notes

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The Yankees retired Jorge Posada's No. 20 at Yankee Stadium on Saturday afternoon. During his speech, Posada offered his best wishes to Cleveland's Mike Aviles and his family. The former catcher said he wished for them "all the health in the world." Aviles' daughter, Adriana, was diagnosed with leukemia in May.

NEW YORK -- When Terry Francona's head hit the pillow on Friday night, he planned on starting Jose Ramirez in left field the following day.

When he woke up and mapped out his batting order for Saturday's matinee, he initially placed Ramirez in left. Then, he had a thought, essentially along the lines of: "Why not?"

So, after conversing with bench coach Brad Mills and checking with Ramirez, Francona swapped the starting positions for Ramirez and Mike Aviles. Instead of the original alignment, Ramirez made his first big league start at third base since 2013 and Aviles manned left field.

"Mills and I were talking and I was like, 'Wait a minute,'" Francona said. "Aviles is so good in left that he's made himself a really good left fielder. I said, 'You know what? This might make more sense.' I just went and checked with Jose to make sure he had played a few games this year and he did. I made sure that he was OK there."

Ramirez appeared in two games at third base for the Indians in 2013. That year, he played eight games at that spot for Double-A Akron. He spent three games at third for Triple-A Columbus this year, as he has bounced around the diamond as the Indians attempt to capitalize on any versatility the 22-year-old might be able to demonstrate. This week, he also added left field to his big league repertoire.

"He could fill a variety of roles for us," said general manager Chris Antonetti. "We see him as an everyday major league player. That could come at one position or it could come with him bouncing around and playing a number of different spots. So we're trying to get him as comfortable as possible at playing different positions and being effective wherever he plays."

Classy gesture: The Yankees retired Jorge Posada's No. 20 at Yankee Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Former teammates Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter, Paul O'Neill, Tino Martinez, David Cone, Hideki Matsui and Bernie Williams joined Posada on the infield for the ceremony. During his speech, Posada offered his best wishes to Cleveland's Mike Aviles and his family. The former catcher said he wished for them "all the health in the world." Aviles' daughter, Adriana, was diagnosed with leukemia in May.

Back at it: Right-hander Cody Anderson is slated to throw three innings for Class A Lake County on Monday. Anderson tossed a pair of bullpen sessions this week as he works his way back from a strained left oblique muscle.

"Three is probably a good way to come out of the gate," Francona said. "He could go more, but it also keeps where we can insert him or we could build him up more. It just handles a lot of things. And we're trying to manage his innings. I hate to waste them there. Physically, he's good to go. I'm sure we were a little overly protective."

Anderson opened the season at Double-A Akron, for whom he posted a 1.73 ERA in 10 starts. He earned a promotion to Triple-A Columbus, where he logged a 2.33 ERA in three outings. For Cleveland, he has compiled a 4.31 ERA in eight starts, though he has flashed some resemblance to Jekyll and Hyde.

In his first four starts with the Tribe, Anderson boasted a 0.89 ERA and the opposition batted .165 with a .189 on-base percentage against him. In his next four outings, he posted a 10.19 ERA, as opponents hit .367 with a .412 on-base percentage against him.

Anderson has racked up 119 1/3 innings this season. His career high in the minors is 136 innings.

Shane Wynn getting plenty of support in NFL journey, including from his 'father' Ted Ginn Sr.

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Wynn credits Ginn, Donte Whitner and Brian Hartline with helping on his attempt to make an NFL roster.

BEREA, Ohio -- Shane Wynn isn't short on people helping him try to make it in the NFL. One of the most important of those people, his high school coach at Glenville, Ted Ginn Sr., was in attendance at practice on Saturday morning.

"My father," Wynn said, when asked what Ginn has meant to him personally. "He's just been there my whole life. Never steered me wrong. Had me in the right position at the right times and he always just tells me to put your name on something and that's what I'm trying to do."

Ginn, who spent a good portion of practice chatting with Browns GM Ray Farmer, took a Glenville team featuring Wynn and current Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones to the state championship game in 2009. He also battled pancreatic cancer in 2012.

"It meant the most," Wynn said of having Ginn in attendance. "You miss that guy. You don't see him a lot because you're here all day. And just seeing him just brings a refreshment to me every day. You don't get to see him much and, you know, he's been struggling. You know, he's just surviving. That's what he always tells me. Keep your head above water and just survive."

"I'm still coaching and I'm still disciplining at all times," Ginn said while greeting Wynn on Saturday. "That don't ever end."

Ginn doesn't have the market cornered on helping Wynn during his football journey. He credits his grandma with encouraging him to stick with the game when he was first started, despite the best efforts of Al Pacino.

"I was about six years old, going to the East Cleveland Chiefs and, actually, before practice I watched 'Any Given Sunday' and I didn't want to go to practice no more," Wynn said. "I watched that and she just told me it's not gonna be like that, so ever since then I've been playing football."

Wynn has also found help from another Glenville alum in the Browns locker room, safety Donte Whitner.

"He's been real tough on me," Wynn said. "He don't harp on the goods. He just harps on the bads. I like that about him, because he's gonna be real. You know that's 100 percent Donte Whitner. He wants you to be perfect like him."

Even in the receiver room, in which Wynn says the competition for a finite number of spots on the roster hasn't impacted the help the receivers give each other, Wynn has found mentorship from a local source.

"I can't say enough about (Brian) Hartline," Wynn said. "He's helped me tremendously. He knows the playbook inside out. He's one of those guys that, he's just like Donte Whitner for the offense. He's one of those guys that knows the whole playbook and can help you in any situation or any spot you're in, along with Andrew Hawkins."

In the end, however, it comes down to Wynn and how he can help himself.

"You can't downgrade yourself and go out there like I'm not supposed to be here," Wynn said. "I mean, in everyone's head, you're supposed to be here, you know? They brought you in for a reason, so, show what you got for 'em."

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Terry Francona ejected after awful umpiring; Indians lose to Luis Severino's Yankees: DMan's Report, Game 122

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Tribe righty Danny Salazar allowed five runs in the first two innings in a 6-2 loss to the Yankees on Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Right-hander Luis Severino allowed one run on three hits in six innings and Brett Gardner and Brian McCann homered as the New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians, 6-2, Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.

The Gardner and McCann homers came in the first off Tribe righty Danny Salazar.

Tribe manager Terry Francona was ejected in the third inning after a brutal piece of umpiring by Dan Iassogna.

The Yankees (68-54) had lost the first two of the four-game series. The Indians (57-65) had won four in a row at Yankee Stadium dating to last season. 

Here is a capsule look at Tribe Game 122 after a DVR review of the Fox SportsTime Ohio telecast:

Not this time: The Indians fell to 38-13 when scoring first. They took a 1-0 lead when Francisco Lindor lined an 0-2 fastball into the right-field seats with one out in the first inning for his sixth home run of the season.

Cooled: In the first five games of the season series against New York, the Indians  amassed 59 hits and won four. Severino and three relievers held them to six hits.

Shortstop Lindor went 3-for-4 with the homer, one double and one single. He scored twice. Tribe right fielder Lonnie Chisenhall was 2-for-3 with an RBI single off a superior setup man, Dellin Betances.

The Indians can't be expected to win when their two best hitters, Michael Brantley and Jason Kipnis, are a combined 0-for-7 with a walk.

Humbling game: Salazar entered as one of MLB's hottest pitchers. He had posted seven consecutive quality starts, the most recent a seven-inning gem at Boston.

The Yankees roughed him up for five runs -- all in the first two innings -- on eight hits in 4 2/3 innings. One of the runs was unearned.

Salazar walked none and struck out six. He threw 68 of 100 pitches for strikes.

Here are the batters who did the damage against Salazar:

First inning

(L) Jacoby Ellsbury -- single to left (1-2 fastball).

Skinny: Ellsbury led off by fighting off a decent pitch (96 mph) and dumping it beyond third baseman Jose Ramirez. Bad break for Salazar.

(L) Brett Gardner -- homer to right (1-1 fastball).

Skinny: Gardner gave the Yankees a 2-0 lead within seven pitches by sending a liner barely over the wall near the pole for No. 12. Granted, the right-field dimensions of Yankee Stadium made the homer possible, but it is not as if Salazar can take much solace. If not a homer, it would have been a double. The pitch was just 92 mph, on the inner third at the thighs, with nothing on it. That is asking for trouble against Gardner.

(L) Brian McCann -- homer to right-center (0-1 fastball).

Skinny: This long ball occurred after Salazar retired Carlos Beltran on a grounder. Pitch location was the major problem: Catcher Roberto Perez set a high target on the outside corner, but the pitch was over the plate at the knees -- McCann's happy zone. He sent it high and deep for No. 22.

Second inning

(L) Stephen Drew -- single to right (1-2 changeup).

Skinny: A sub-.200 batter in a 1-2 count should be easy pickings for Salazar, but it didn't happen because Salazar's changeup didn't feature its typical bite. When it stayed on the inner half at the knees, Drew led off with a solid single.

(R) John Ryan Murphy -- single to right (1-2 fastball). Drew to third.

Skinny: No. 9 batter Murphy deserves plenty of credit for a quality AB. He spoiled a good 1-2 off-speed pitch, then went with a fastball that was up and off the outside corner.

(L) Jacoby Ellsbury -- fielder's choice/error pitcher (1-1 fastball).

Skinny: Ellsbury chopped the pitch to Salazar, who was primed to trigger a 1-6-3 double play. For some reason, Salazar turned the wrong way and slowed his body. and threw what amounted to a changeup behind shortstop Francisco Lindor. Instead of one run in, none on and two outs, the Yankees led, 4-1, with runners on first and second and none out.

Fox SportsTime Ohio analyst Rick Manning said of Salazar: "He's obviously shaken right now.''

(L) Carlos Beltran -- sacrifice fly to left (0-2 fastball).

Skinny: Beltran chased Mike Aviles to the track for the second out. Salazar needed to put away Beltran, or at least prevent an easy sacrifice fly, at 0-2.

Good for Tito: Francona had every right to be furious in the third. The person who should have been ejected was second-base umpire Iassogna.

Trailing, 5-1, the Indians put runners on first (Lindor) and third (Jason Kipnis) with one out. Michael Brantley grounded sharply to first baseman Greg Bird, who smothered it and threw to shortstop Didi Gregorius for the force out. Brantley beat Gregorius's relay as Kipnis remained at third.

At least that is how it looked in real time.

Replays showed that neither of Gregorius's feet were on the bag upon receiving Bird's throw to the outfield side, and that Lindor was nowhere close to Gregorius. MLB rules allow for umpire's judgment on the "neighborhood'' play -- but not if the throw is errant and clearly pulls the infielder away from the bag.

Francona politely made his case to Iassogna. The umpires huddled and decided not to change the call. Francona became angry. Iassogna eventually tossed him.

Essentially, Iassogna rewarded Bird for a poor throw, and Gregorius for sloppy footwork.

Fox SportsTime Ohio studio analyst Jensen Lewis said: "There's no way you can say he's anywhere in the vicinity of touching that base. I'm with Tito on this.''

Unfortunately for Francona and the Indians, the play is not subject to MLB replay review. The Indians should have had bases loaded, one out, with Carlos Santana at the plate. Instead, they had runners on first and third, two outs. Santana struck out swinging.

Iassogna's difficult series continued. As the plate umpire Thursday, his zone wandered, causing pitchers and hitters to scratch their heads. As the third-base umpire Friday, he butchered two check-swing appeals -- one benefitting each team.

That one stings: Tribe catcher Roberto Perez hit into tough luck in the sixth.

With runners on first and second and two outs, Perez lined Severino's fastball low and toward short. Gregorius picked the hop as he sat on the ground, then fired to second for the force.

Simply terrible: Plate umpire Lance Barrett called out Mike Aviles on strikes in the seventh on a pitch that wasn't even close. Righty Adam Warren's fastball ran deep inside.


Cleveland Browns need to get Josh McCown ready for season -- Bud Shaw's Sports Spin

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Johnny Manziel led a touchdown drive against the Buffalo Bills' backup defense. If you don't think there's a huge gulf between that and being ready to take over the Browns' offense, how soon you forget 2014 -- Bud Shaw's Sports Spin

CLEVELAND, Ohio - If Johnny Manziel has truly found his way, can we all agree it's a recent discovery?

Next baby step: earning his way. That's something you cannot do in August against a defense featuring backups and backups to the backups. I don't care if it was the old Steel Curtain's second team.

Instead of cautioning everyone to pump the breaks on Manziel after one exhibition season touchdown drive, let's declare that too obvious and instead suggest the real focus should be on hitting the accelerator on Josh McCown.

McCown needs as much in-game work as possible with Dwayne Bowe and Duke Johnson and some quick connections with Terrelle Pryor if Pryor is going to make the roster.

McCown is 10 days removed from going 5-5 and throwing a touchdown pass against Washington. Mike Pettine said then that McCown was firmly No. 1 on the depth chart. Friday he said nothing that happened against the Bills changed that. Not Manziel's TD pass. Not McCown's two interceptions.

Even if the Browns were less than happy with McCown - and they have no reason to have reached that point yet - Manziel hasn't done anything to win the job. He did a lot last year to lose the trust of the organization. That can't be won back in one off-season.

The Browns can't give voice to that without sounding less than supportive of Manziel in his recovery.

To be fair, it sounds as if he's given them some good reasons to believe he's become more professional. But not enough to believe he's ready to put a season on his shoulders. 

Pettine hasn't named McCown the starter, which seems to bother some people. But his plan seems rather clear. Start the season with a veteran behind center. Run. Play D. Try to win the winnable games early. Pick up some momentum and see where the season takes his team.

If McCown shows why he's been with seven teams in his career, Manziel will get his chance soon enough. If he doesn't and Manziel sits, no one will care just as no one cared about the backup when the Browns started 7-4 last year.

Anyone who thinks rushing Manziel is a good idea has a short memory for how entitled the rookie felt from the "wreck this league" text message on.

Manziel has a lot to learn. And earn.

* Browns backup offensive lineman Ryan Seymour, suspended four games for PED use, says he didn't knowingly take a banned substance but accepts responsibility for his actions.

There's no reason not to believe him. Except for every single case where an athlete says the exact same thing.

* In almost all cases, athletes who test positive refuse to share what banned substance they took and how they unknowingly took it.

Which is why Kang Soo-Il stands apart. The Korean striker told us how it happened. Through the use of a particular product.

And those of us who never thought we'd get to write the words "mustache growing cream" cannot thank him enough.

* A judge ruled a defunct grocery store, Dominick's Finer Foods, must pay Michael Jordan $8.9 million for unauthorized use of his image in a Sports Illustrated ad offering a coupon. In the ad, Dominick's congratulated Jordan for his 2009 Hall of Fame induction as part of a $2 discount on Dominick's Rancher Reserve steaks.

The official tally, in addition to whatever the ad cost Dominick's: Eight million. Nine hundred thousand. Four dollars.

Only two consumers, it turns out, took advantage of the discount.

* The jury's only job was to decide the amount. The case had been litigated in Jordan's favor, but not before a previous judge called Jordan's demands "greedy."

Jordan says he will donate the $8.9 million to charity, saying "it was never about the money."

In the meantime, he will have to get by on the $100 million he made in endorsements last year.

* Jim McMahon says he knows Bill Belichick lies. So he assumes he also cheats. The former Chicago Bears QB, whom Belichick brought to Berea briefly in 1995, says the coach guaranteed him a roster spot with the Browns, then released him.

"I was with Bill in Cleveland in '95. He lied to me right to my face so I never trusted him after that," McMahon said on the Dan Patrick Show. "So all this stuff that happened, I'm sure he was right in the middle of it."

McMahon meant DeflateGate. Pretty sure Belichick is the only one who's been cleared.

* McMahon said Belichick promised him he'd be taken care of in Cleveland even if he had to sit out a few weeks. McMahon moved his family to town and says he was never compensated for his troubles.

"I know he's a liar, so cheating ain't far behind, I would think," said McMahon.

If you got on McMahon's bad side in 1995, clearly you are involved in deflating footballs in 2015.

Sounds like rock solid logic to me.

* McMahon once mooned a helicopter at a Bears' Super Bowl practice. Then in 2012, according to a Chicago Sun Times report, the FDIC investigated him for bad loans handed out by Broadway Bank. Obviously mooning, like lying, is a gateway crime.

Allegedly.

* A report says the Indianapolis Colts have checked their locker room for bugs when playing the Patriots in Foxboro. Earlier in the week, former Colts' coach Tony Dungy said Peyton Manning was careful about what he talked about in the visiting locker room for fear the Patriots were using listening devices.

So add that to the reason why the Patriots always seem to get the best of the Colts. That, and deflated footballs.

And talent.

And coaching.

And...

* Pittsburgh Steelers' running back Le'Veon Bell, who rushed for 1,361 yards in 2014, says "last year wasn't close to my best."

Oh yeah. Well, the Steelers haven't seen the best of Glenn Winston either.

#dropthemic.

* Eagles head coach Chip Kelly says he is excited about Tim Tebow's progress. And former head coach Mike Ditka thinks he knows why.

"If I was coaching today I would acquire Tim Tebow, too," Ditka said on the Rob and Harry radio show. "I'd find places to use him on my football team.

"I think players like Tim Tebow are good for sports. Good for football. Good for our country."

And here Kelly ignored the global implications and thought Tebow could just come in handy on short yardage and two-point conversions.

* Ravens offensive lineman John Urschel has undergrad and Master's degrees in math. His first published research paper was titled "Instabilities of the Sun-Jupiter-Asteroid Three Body Problem."

Like, who didn't know there was a problem with that?

* Writing for The Players Tribune, Urschel used his math skills to determine that the longer PAT in the NFL this season will not lead to more two-point attempts.

This, I believe, is based on the "Risk/Reward Factor As It Applies to NFL Head Coaches Who Don't Want to be Second-Guessed For Fear of Getting Fired."

* During tense negotiations in 2010, Yankees great Derek Jeter reportedly asked GM Brian Cashman what MLB player he'd rather have playing shortstop for him.

I'm sure it took Cashman at least a second to think, "Um, Troy Tulowitzki?"

According to a SI story, Cashman said, "Do you really want me to answer that? We're not paying extra money for popularity. We're paying for performance."

That's how Cashman felt, right before paying Jeter $51 million for three years.

For his popularity.

* The point is well taken, though. You should never ask a question if you suspect you are not going to like the answer.

So I'll just put you all down as big fans of this column.

Videos: Recap of Day 15 of Cleveland Browns Training Camp

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Cleveland Browns beat writers Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe report on Day 15 of training camp. Also, video with Duke Johnson, who returned to practice from a hamstring injury. Watch video

BEREA, Ohio -- Cleveland Browns beat writers Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe fill you in on what happened during Day 15 of training camp. 

Topics include:

  • Wide receiver Dwayne Bowe returned to full practice from his hamstring.
  • Running back Duke Johnson also returned from his hamstring injury, but was limited in practice.
  • Head coach Mike Pettine saying that the window is closing for Terrelle Pryor for his conversion to wide receiver because he is still on the sidelines with his hamstring.
  • Defensive backs Joe Haden, Justin Gilbert, K'Waun Williams, Jordan Poyer, Robert Nelson and Tashaun Gipson are still out with injuries, but Pierre Desir did return on Saturday.

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Johnson Bademosi, Marlon Moore have special purpose on roster: Cleveland Browns training camp observations

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Bademosi and Moore may not be on the bubble after all, if they ever were to begin with. Watch video

BEREA, Ohio -- Mothers, teach your sons to do well on special teams.

There's no shortage of guys fighting for spots among Browns receivers and in the secondary. It seemed safe to assume that guys like wide receiver Marlon Moore and defensive back Johnson Bademosi could be on the bubble. Think again.

"We all know what (Bademosi) is when the regular season starts," head coach Mike Pettine said after practice on Saturday. "That he's going to be a core specialist for us and be the heart and soul of our special teams, he and Marlon."

That doesn't sound like a coach who is ready to bid those two adieu.

Outside of the guys that do the kicking and the returning -- and the occasional hiccup with a long snapper -- it's easy to forget sometimes that excelling on special teams is as much a way to make a football team as being a good running back or wide receiver. Ask Tank Carder.

Back to Moore and Bademosi, though. Want Pettine to sound even more like a coach who isn't looking to dump either of those guys?

"Marlon, I know, will be more involved with the offense this year," Pettine said. "He has proven that he can take some reps off of guys, as being whether it's the fourth or fifth wideout up in however many we have up in a game."

And Bademosi?

"At the same time, for him now to work at safety last year in the system and at corner, having that experience up and the ability to cross over," Pettine said. "We get late in the game or something happens where we have to put a guy in, having that position flexibility is a big advantage for us."

Those endorsements -- or, as close as you're going to get to endorsements -- stand in sharp contrast to what Pettine said about Terrelle Pryor. A lot can change in two weeks, though.

Real practice

Training camp can drag when you watch it every day. It can really drag when the practices become walkthroughs and the available bodies get scarce.

Not complaining, of course. I'm watching football on the clock.

This week has some promise, though, that the pads will pop a bit again. Pettine was asked after practice if the next few days would be full-speed in pads.

"For the next couple of days it will be," Pettine said. "Still want to get some good work done in pads. Still feel there's stuff left to do."

It's never bad when camp ends with a thud.

Shane Wynn's battle

I can't come up with a numbers game scenario where Wynn makes the final roster, but I wouldn't count the guy out. If it's not here, there's a job for him somewhere.

"As I say all the time, you can measure height and weight, but you can't measure heart," Wynn said on Saturday. "So when you look at things like that, your work ethic talks for you. You don't have to talk yourself."

Wynn also called his high school coach Ted Ginn Sr. his "father." It was a cool moment. You can read about Ginn and everyone else who is helping Wynn with his quest for an NFL job in my story here.

Roster move

The Browns have signed one undrafted rookie tight end in Anthony Ezeakunne and waived another in Manasseh Garner.

Garner caught a 14-yard pass in Thursday night's 11-10 loss to the Bills.

Ezeakunne (6-4, 245) is an undrafted rookie out of Chapman University. He appeared in 25 career games, finishing 2014 season with 12 catches for 122 yards and one touchdown. He also helped the team to a SCIAC-leading 256.6 rushing yards per game.

Garner, from Pitt, was signed Aug. 9th.

 

Duke Johnson says hamstring won't derail Browns' big plans for him: 'I can live up to it'

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Rookie running back Duke Johnson has missed most of camp with his hamstring injury, but still believes he can live up to the big plans the Browns have for him this season. Watch video

BEREA, Ohio -- The Browns had big plans for rookie running back Duke Johnson before he suffered a left hamstring on the third day of camp and missed most of the next 12 practices and the first two preseason games.


But Johnson isn't about to let a little muscle soreness derail those high hopes.

"I think I can fill the role,'' he said. "I'm looking forward to it, I'm excited. The time me being out didn't really hurt because I stayed in my playbook, I made sure I understand what I have when I have it, just in case coach wants to do anything special with me. I understood everything that I know I needed to do. I think I can live up to it. That's my plan. I'm just going to come out here and try to show that every day.''

Likewise, Johnson feels like he can still be the Browns starting back despite the prolonged layoff. He took a few reps in the light walk-through Saturday, but has mostly idle since Aug. 1.

"I feel like I can (start) but that's not my decision,'' he said. "The only thing I can actually control is come out here and play football every day and push my teammates. If I'm not that starting guy, just know whoever is that starting guy, that's the man for the job because we came out here and competed and we push each other to be the best."

The Browns are aiming to get Johnson, their third-round pick out of Miami, some work in the third preseason game Saturday in Tampa.

"It's important,'' said coach Mike Pettine. "He looked really good for us when we were in shorts throughout the spring. He needs some live reps. That's asking a lot of a rookie to put him out there week one with minimal full speed, full contact reps with the particular units. This is a big week. These next two weeks are big for Duke."

Like running backs coach Wilbert Montgomery, Pettine is confident that Johnson's three years in a similar system at Miami will help make up for the three weeks off in camp.

"That's why we're not panicky yet about Duke not being in there,'' Pettine said. "From a mental standpoint, he's far ahead of most rookie backs that I've been around."

Montgomery, who's been dividing first-team reps between Isaiah Crowell and Terrance West, isn't worried about Johnson.

"He's just missing reps,'' he said recently. "He's sitting in meetings all the time, taking notes, doing what we ask him to do, but Duke showed so much in the OTAs and the mini-camp, and before his injury, he showed us the things that we wanted to see, so as long as he stays focused and stays into it, I think he's going to be okay. The running part of it, he's a running back. Put him on his track and tell him his keys, and he's going to be fine.''

As far as how much the hamstring sets him back for the opener, Johnson said, "it don't.''

Asked to elaborate, he said "I think every day I wake up, it's football. Whether it's raining, it really doesn't matter, it's football. I come out here, I compete, I have fun, I play football. Something I've been doing since I was a kid. So missing time, it don't really set you back unless you don't take the right steps while you're out. If you're lollygagging, not paying attention in meetings, doing things like that, then it sets you back. But my preparation, like I said before, was something that I'm big on and that was something that I took to the next level while I was out.''

Johnson acknowledged that he's had hamstring issues since high school. In fact, he was limited at the NFL combine in February because of a right hamstring injury, opting not to run the shuttle or lift weights. In fact, he contemplated quitting football heading into his sophomore year at Miami, and creaky hamstrings were one of the reasons. But they didn't prevent him from becoming Miami's all-time leading rusher.

"I'm not a flexible guy,'' he said. "I had hamstring injuries since I was in high school. But I never let it really stop me from producing and being the player that I am today.''

The Browns are eager for Johnson to get back, in part because West and Crowell haven't been able to gain much traction yet. Behind a line still struggling to blast open the holes, they combined for only 16 yards on eight carries against Washington.  West fared a little better against the Bills, gaining 42 yards on 11 carries for a respectable 3.8-yard average. Crowell, on the other hand, managed only 14 yards on five carries for a 2.8 yard average against the Bills.

"(Johnson) gives you another dimension that we don't have in the group that we had last year because Duke can be a slot receiver, he can line up wide, and you can move him all over the field,'' said Montgomery. "It's like he's a total mismatch. In my report, I wrote him up as a Thurman Thomas-type running back when he came out because he can be in any spot and he can take full advantage of his athleticism.''

 Johnson (5-9, 210) took no offense to Montgomery, a former two-time All-Pro, calling out the backs recently and questioning their offseason conditioning.

   "What kind of shape was I in? I was in football shape,'' said Johnson. "The thing that you have to understand with our coach is that our coach played this game and he's just very passionate about the way he did it when he was playing. He just expects more from us. I think his statement was just basically telling us that he expects more from us and that's something we took and we're trying to give him more because he did it and it's not like it's coming from a guy who never done it. He did it and he knows what it takes and that's all that was."

 Johnson cautioned that with the hamstring "we're still going to work our way into it, slowly but surely." He said he thinks he'll play in Tampa but "it all depends on how it goes. We're taking it day by day. I'll leave it up to the medical staff."
 
 But he revealed that the Browns are being extra cautious with him to get him to the season healthy.

"I don't even think it was a pull,'' he said. "It was just being safe. We'd just rather be safe than sorry, not get me back out here too early and hurt it more. It was just a medical thing that we just decided to do."

Johnson thinks he'll still be able to return kicks when he returns.

"Kick returner is actually something that I love to do, and I think that'll really help my team with field position and things like that, so I think I'll still be involved,'' he said.

He added that the time off wouldn't impact his ability to recognize or pick up the blitz.

"Not really,'' he said. "When it comes to blocking, it's more what's in here (points to heart) and it don't really have much to do with being able to. It's whether you want to or you have that dog in you to do it. I think I have it and that's no problem to me.''

The Browns are eager to see that dog, regardless of which tricks he's performing.

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Terry Francona says he received 'an atrocious explanation' from umpire on call that led to his ejection

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"The reason I thought they had replay was because you want to get it right. Carlos could've hit into a double play. We'll never know. I just thought that his explanation was terribly incorrect."

NEW YORK -- Terry Francona wasn't pleased with a call made by second-base umpire Dan Iassogna in the third inning of the Indians' 6-2 loss to the Yankees on Saturday. He was even less satisfied with Iassogna's explanation.

With runners on first and second with one out in the third, Michael Brantley bounced a ball to first baseman Greg Bird, who heaved a high throw to second. Shortstop Didi Gregorius leapt in the air to grab the throw, which pulled him off of the base. He landed beside the bag and fired a throw to first, but Brantley reached safely. Iassogna called Francisco Lindor out at second, a result of "the neighborhood play," which permits defenders to stray from the bag while attempting to turn a double play to avoid a collision from an oncoming base runner.

Should the neighborhood rule have been in effect, though? Lindor didn't appear to be anywhere near Gregorius -- he was a little past halfway between first and second -- and Gregorius only strayed from the base because of Bird's wayward toss.

Francona twice left the dugout to ask for a replay and an explanation. The umpires did not review the play and Francona called Iassogna's reasoning "atrocious" and "terribly incorrect."

With two outs and runners on the corners instead of one out and the bases loaded, Carlos Santana struck out. Did the ruling change the complexion of the game? That's debatable, as the Indians were already trailing by four runs.

Still, Francona was miffed and frustrated as he watched the remaining innings from his office.

Here is Francona's take on the third-inning developments.

"Well, when I went out, I wanted to let [Yankees manager] Joe [Girardi] go first, because I knew he was checking the play at first. It was good, because it gave us time. I just wanted to check with them, because I know what I saw, but I wanted to talk to them first. As a crew, they got together, which was good. Then they came back to explain it to me.

"He was trying to make three points and I thought all three were incorrect. He said the first one was that it has to be a throw that takes him away and he said it was a very good throw. I didn't agree there. He was set up on the inside of the bag and the ball goes to the outside.

"He said he has to be off the bag. He said he was on the bag. I've got him 0-for-2.

"Then he said if the runner makes him deviate, that's the third one. The runner wasn't close to the bag.

"I thought it was an atrocious explanation and it continued to be worsened. I think he was more concerned about asking me if I was going to get thrown out. I wanted him to go check it, because we needed to have bases loaded with Carlos coming up. That's all they had to do. Just get it right. That's what we have replay for.

"The reason I thought they had replay was because you want to get it right. Carlos could've hit into a double play. We'll never know. I just thought that his explanation was terribly incorrect."

Francisco Lindor, on his vantage point of the play at second base, and Francona's ejection:

"To be honest, I didn't really see anything, because I was just running. I was running to the base. Then, when I came back to the dugout, I saw it. I saw the replay inside. He was off the bag. I'm not 100 percent what the ruling is. I'm not too educated on that play. But he was backing us up. That means a lot. He went out there to let us know he has our back."

Lindor, on whether the ruling influenced the outcome of the game:

"A lot. Whenever you can have bases loaded with one out instead of first and third with two outs, it changes the game. It changes the inning. It changes the momentum. I don't want to say that's why we lost the game, because it wasn't that one play. But, it probably could've helped us."

Francona, on Danny Salazar's rough start:

"It was disappointing. We have [47,031] people here and, my goodness, if anything, you'd probably be over-amped. But he came out and his velocity wasn't really good and they took advantage of it. It seemed like the game sped up on him. They hit the ground ball back to him and he didn't check the runner and then he didn't move his feet. Then he kind of kicked it in gear. He was throwing 97 [mph] by the time he came out. That's not helpful. He needs to get it going. We beat them twice. You know they're going to come out and play."

Salazar, on his outing, in which he allowed five runs on eight hits in 4 2/3 innings:

"I didn't have my best today. Early in the game, I was leaving too many pitches up in the zone. I let my team down."

Salazar, on what changed as the game progressed:

"I felt more calm on the mound. I was executing the pitches better down in the zone. If I would've started the game like that, with that confidence that I had in the last two innings, it would've been a different game."

How can Cleveland Indians get big bat they need this winter? Hey, Hoynsie

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The Indians need help on offense. That is not exactly a profound statement. So how do they find a big bat this winter to help a punchless offense?

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Do you have a question that you'd like to have answered in Hey, Hoynsie? Submit it here or Tweet @hoynsie.

Hey, Hoynsie: With Nick Swisher and Michael Bourn now in Atlanta uniforms, what will the Indians brass do this off-season with the newfound financial flexibility? Obviously, I'm thinking over and above any arbitration-related pay increases. Pitching seems set, but what options will be there for an impact power bat? -- Casey Dubiel, Belmont.

Hey, Casey: The only way the Indians are going to add a big bat is by trade, the emergence of said bat via one of the players currently on their big-league club or from the farm system. It's not going to come through domestic or international free agency because they can't compete in those markets unless someone drops through the cracks.

The Indians saved about $4 million in trading Swisher and Bourn. That's chump change in the big leagues and it's not going to get the kind of bat you're looking for and the Indians desperately need.

Hey, John: The national media is aware of the talent the Indians have in the starting rotation. Ditto for the 29 other clubs in the big leagues. That's why GM Chris Antonetti was flooded with calls before the July 31 trading deadline.

Which makes it hurt even more because all that good pitching is being wasted on a last-place team.

Hey, John: I don't get the sense that the Dolan family is serious about selling the Indians. In the past, they have looked for minority partners.

Hey, Hoynsie: I think you will like this nickname ... since Lindor seems to bunt a lot early in the game how about Sac Francisco? -- Alan Wilson, Milwaukee.

Hey, Alan: I am usually not a big nickname guy unless it's something like The Big Hurt (Frank Thomas), Sudden Sam (Sam McDowell), Dr. Smooth (Michael Brantley) or the Wild Horse of the Osage (Pepper Martin), but I love Sac Francisco.

Hey Curtis: Quick answer ... no. For more details see answer to first question.

Hey, Hoynsie: If, and that's big if, Jose Ramirez keeps hitting and playing great defense, will the Indians consider moving Jason Kipnis to the outfield? - Howard Smith, Gainesville, Va.

Hey, Howard: I love the way Ramirez has played since he returned from Class AAA Columbus, but I don't see the Indians moving Kipnis to the outfield to make room for Ramirez as the regular second baseman.

I know manager Terry Francona said he considers Ramirez an everyday player. But unless they give him a shot at third base - Giovanny Urshela's glove is a wonder, but is he going to hit? - I think Ramirez is the next Mike Aviles. He's a high-energy, change-of-pace player who can play all over the diamond.

Hey, Zack: I thought Francona made a good observation about Urshela last week. He said because he dealt with a knee injury before the start of spring training and a back injury during camp and early in the season that it's been hard to get a read on him as a hitter.

Francona said he'd like to see what Urshela could do if he was healthy from the start of the season.   

Urshela has shown flashes of power and as you said there's no question that the glove belongs in the big leagues. This has been a test run for him and Francisco Lindor on the left side of the infield. There's no question Lindor will be back next year. I'm not sure if the Indians feel the same about Urshela.

Hey, Hoynsie: Why, oh, why is Carlos Santana still batting cleanup? Guys in front of him set the table, then he kills the rally. It's late August and he still isn't hitting and won't adjust his swing. - Howard Smith, Gainesville, Va.

Hey, Howard: How did you like the line-drive homer he hit against the Yankees Friday night?

I understand your frustration, but who else are the Indians going to hit there? You're not going to mess with Kipnis or Michael Brantley. Brandon Moss, Nick Swisher and David Murphy were traded. When Yan Gomes gets moved up in the lineup, he does a lot of swinging and missing.

Besides, if you want to create trade interest in Santana, why not keep running him out there and pray that he gets hot over the last four or five weeks of the season. He's certainly due.

Hey, Hoynsie: With Trevor Bauer struggling like this, it's tough to watch. Would you agree that he might need to spend some time at Class AAA to work on his mechanics? The Indians could put Zach McAllister in the rotation or even TJ House. - Justin Blyer, Louisville, Ohio.

Hey, Justin: Bauer has been struggling, but he can't be sent to Class AAA Columbus because he's out of options.

McAllister has been in the bullpen too long to just put him in the rotation. You'd run the risk of injuring him. House is on the disabled list with a sore left shoulder.

Hey, Lee: The Indians entertained offers on Santana at the trade deadline so I think they will definitely try to move him during the off-season. But they have to get a productive hitter back.

If not it makes no sense to trade Santana. As bad as he's been this year, he's still one of their most productive hitters signed to a club friendly contract through 2016 with a club option for 2017.

@hoynsie Marshall Listkowski, Lakewood. Other than Brantley, who's in the Tribe's outfield for '16? Are Ramirez/Almonte legitimate starters?

Hey, Marshall: That's the $60,000 question isn't it? And we don't really know if Brantley will play left or center field, do we?

Lonnie Chisenhall has certainly made a good impression in right field. If nothing else, he could be a platoon player. I think Abraham Almonte has put himself on the map for next year, but I'm not sure if it will be as a starter. I think Jose Ramirez is more of an infielder than outfielder. I think he could push Urshela for the third base job in spring training.

Hey Wen: I've covered Kipnis since he broke into the big leagues in 2011 and have never seen him play the outfield.  So I don't know how good an outfielder he is, but I do know he's gone to the All-Star Game twice in the last three years as a second baseman.

Kipnis just came off the disabled list with a sore right shoulder so I don't think the Indians would be real anxious to put him in the outfield right now.

Ramirez has been playing left field because Brantley is confined to DH until his left shoulder is strong enough to go back to the outfield.

Hey, Matt: I think they will try to retool. A rebuild isn't necessary, especially with their starting rotation, and pretty much their entire 25-man roster under control for next year.

Ohio State football players end toughest part of preseason camp with disappointing scrimmage, back on Twitter

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"Overall it went really well. So we're on schedule -- a little disappointed today," Urban Meyer said.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The roughest week of Ohio State's preseason camp, the one Urban Meyer said would be about "survival," ended with a team scrimmage Saturday morning. The Buckeyes are now out of the hotel they checked in to on Aug. 9, the day before camp started, and back into their dorm rooms and apartments. 

All Ohio State students moved in on Sunday.

The Buckeyes head back to the Woody Hayes Athletic Center for practice from now on, after spending the week at fields near Ohio Stadium, where Meyer wanted to simulate a true camp atmosphere.

"It went great," Meyer said Saturday, his first comments to reporters in six days, pleased with the overall week, which included three two-a-day practices. The final scrimmage didn't meet his expectations.

"Today wasn't great. They're blown out," Meyer said. "It was not what I hoped, what I probably expected, but I was hoping we were a little more mature. So we've got to get back Monday and do much better.

"But overall it went really well. So we're on schedule - a little disappointed today."

Meyer admitted the Buckeyes have already started working on some specific gameplanning for Virginia Tech. But there will be a final week of preseason practice before gameweek truly begins on Aug. 31.

For many players, the end of this part of camp meant they got back on social media. And it was clear they were ready for the next phase. Cardale Jones, the OSU king of Twitter, returned with an acknowledgment of his absence and a shoutout to Ronda Rousey, but he later deleted it. It was saved by more than one fan, though, as you can see.


Sasha Kaun agrees to two-year deal to join Cleveland Cavaliers

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CLEVELAND, Ohio – A few days removed from visiting Cleveland to take care of personal matters with his wife, 6-11 center Sasha Kaun reached a deal with the Cavaliers on Saturday afternoon. The 30-year-old center's deal is for two years with no team or player option, Northeast Ohio Media Group is being told. The salary has yet to be disclosed. This...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - A few days removed from visiting Cleveland to take care of personal matters with his wife, 6-11 center Sasha Kaun reached a deal with the Cavaliers on Saturday afternoon.

The 30-year-old center's deal is for two years with no team or player option, Northeast Ohio Media Group is being told. The salary has yet to be disclosed.

This is Cleveland's second agreement in the last three days. J.R. Smith also agreed to a two-year deal on Thursday.

Financial compensation was not expected to problem once the Russian center announced his plans to play in the NBA this season. Cleveland has held his rights since the 2008 NBA Draft, and Kaun has played for European powerhouse CSKA Moscow ever since.

He earned $2.9 million per season. His salary with the Cavaliers is likely near that figure.

In Las Vegas last month, Cavs General Manager David Griffin confirmed the team's interest in bringing Kaun into the fold, saying "we would love to have him if something could be worked out."

Griffin said then that the 7-foot Kaun, who posted career highs in points (9.9 per game) and rebounds (4.5) in the Euroleague last season, was "somebody who could be rotational for us and if it could work out, great."

Kaun was a member of the 2012 Russian National team coached by the Cavaliers' David Blatt. He would join Timofey Mozgov, Kevin Love, Tristan Thompson and Anderson Varejao as big men on the roster.

Thompson, still looking for a multi-year deal near the maximum, is the last domino that needs to fall for the Cavaliers.

Browns' Dwayne Bowe: 'We're going to show a lot of doubters how a high-powered offense really moves'

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Browns wide receiver Dwayne Bowe says when "week one comes around, we're going to show a lot of doubters how a high-powered offense really moves."

BEREA, Ohio -- Browns receiver Dwayne Bowe returned to the practice field Saturday for the time since injuring his hamstring Aug. 5th, and promised it will all come together on opening day.

"I'm very, very confident,'' he said. "We have a talented core, our group. All it takes is time. We'll let the doubters doubt. When we get on this field and work, we know what we've got as a team, the chemistry. When Week 1 comes around, we're going to show a lot of doubters how a high-powered offense really moves."

So he wasn't worried Thursday night when Josh McCown threw two picks on his three drives and the first-team offense managed only three points in two quarters of work?

"Not really,'' he said. "That's what this is for -- to try to find openings, new plays, new schemes to work on. That's what our coaching staff is doing, trying to see what works and what doesn't work. I think when the season comes around, he'll pick his poison. He'll know where to throw it and where not to throw it. I'm very confident that he'll make the best decision."

One reason Bowe isn't worried about the offense is that he's returning to action and doesn't feel like he'll miss a beat.

"It's just being confident, knowing what I can do and knowing how good I feel right now,'' he said. "At this position, all you need is to be mentally available and I was there the whole time. I think the skillset will take over after that, and I'm pretty talented."

 Bowe (6-2, 222) provides something the Browns don't currently have in their receiving corps: that big body guy to go up and snatch the football. Fourth-round pick Vince Mayle is still rebounding after thumb surgery and Terrelle Pryor has missed most of camp with a hamstring injury of his own.

"Hopefully I can keep those chains moving and put us in better position to score touchdowns,'' he said. "You'd have an extra big body in the back of the end zone that you could just lob the ball to.''
 
Like Duke Johnson, Bowe doesn't consider the time off with the hamstring a setback.

"Never,'' he said. "I'm a football player.  Those two weeks were just time off to heal my body to get ready for the regular season.''

And although he's aiming to play in Saturday's dress rehearsal game in Tampa Bay, Bowe doesn't view it as critical to get all the offensive pieces back for that game.

"Yeah, but no,'' he said. "You know 'cause you got guys not really playing hard. Guys are trying to save their bodies for the real thing. But just being able to build the chemistry overall, it helps. So (it's important) if you're a first-year guy or a nine-year guy, that you know what you're doing when you get out there."

Coach Mike Pettine, who's helping with the offense this year, wants Bowe in the dress rehearsal because he's one of the leading men this season.

"It's a different quarterback and a new system,'' said Pettine. "A lot of the concepts stuff he has done before, but you have to go out there and execute it fullspeed with the guys you are going to be out there with. Otherwise there will be a learning curve during the season and you don't want that."

If the Browns want Bowe to play in Tampa, he's all for it.

 "Whatever they've got for me, I'm going to be ready,'' he said. "I'm a football player and I treat every game like a real game so it all depends on if they want me to go out here this week and show a little bit or just prepare me for Week 1. Whatever decision they make, I'll be ready."

The tug in the back of the leg a couple of weeks ago came as a surprise to Bowe, who had never strained a hamstring before. On any given day, the Browns have about half a dozen players sidelines with hamstring injuries.

"Never,'' said Bowe, who went all last season without a TD catch. "Never missed a day.''

He said he's not sure how it happened but "we were doing a lot of running, so my muscles just got tight, just like everybody else, but I'm feeling better. They treated it, and I'm looking good.''

Bowe's also not worried about all those lost chances to establish chemistry with McCown, whom earlier in camp he predicted would be a top five quarterback.

"The main thing is coming out here just keep going over the repetitions, and getting better at what we know how to run,'' said Bowe. "Josh knows the routes I can run and how I can get open with the deep ball.''

The Browns can only hope that the ultra-optimistic Bowe is right.

Saturday's fall sports roundup: Soccer, tennis and volleyball highlights

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A look at the soccer, tennis and volleyball highlights in Northeast Ohio on Saturday night.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Here are high school sports highlights from Saturday. See below for information on how your team’s accomplishments can be recognized in these daily roundups.

BOYS SOCCER


Gilmour 5, Brooklyn 0


Five different Lancers scored to give Gilmour its first win of the season. Gilmour's Max Mendels had a goal and two assists.


Lakewood 3, Valley Forge 0


Lakewood's Robby Fehrenbach had two goals and an assist to lead his team to a win.


Solon 1, Medina 0


Solon's Jonathan Margheret scored the game's only goal with 20 seconds left for the home win.






GIRLS SOCCER


Bay 4, Fairview 0


Bay's Alex Hoffman had two goals in the Rockets' home opener. Goalkeepers Jillian Dubil and Alexa Carris helped Bay get the shutout.


Columbia 12, Shaw 0


Allison Bouscher earned a hat trick to give Columbia a win in its season opener. Columbia's Audrey Chonko and Raquel Hysong each had two goals as well.


Hudson 2, Mayfield 1


Hudson scored twice in the second half to win at home. Erin Torrence had the game-winning goal in the 73rd minute.


St. Joseph Academy 4, Parma 0


New St. Joseph Academy coach Danielle Hubka earned her first career win. Four different players had goals for St. Joseph Academy led by Claire Horansky, who had a goal and an assist.


GIRLS TENNIS


Hathaway Brown 5, Lexington 0; Hathaway Brown 4, Cincinnati Sycamore 1


Hathaway Brown stayed undefeated on the season with a pair of wins. Against Lexington, Hathaway Brown's team won all five of its matches in straight sets.


Medina Girls Tennis Doubles Tournament


Green won the Medina Girls Tennis Doubles Tournament by winning championships in all four doubles brackets. The Bulldogs took 32 points for first place. Medina finished in second with 22 after it sent two of its doubles pairings to championship matches.


VOLLEYBALL


Avon 3, Uniontown Lake 1


Avon won the final two games of its match after it lost Game 2, 25-18. For Avon, Hallie Schroeder had 16 kills, Domenica Marino had 23 assists and Erin Gardner had 18 assists.






How your team can be included in these roundups


These roundups are based on box scores and game notes entered in cleveland.com’s database by school or team representatives. If your team is not participating in the box score program please contact your athletic director or coach and encourage them to do so. They can obtain instructions and database login information from High School Sports Manager Kristen Davis at kdavis@cleveland.com.

Danny Salazar done in by home run ball as Cleveland Indians fall to New York Yankees, 6-2

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Danny Salazar labored through the first two frames, a critical call went against the Tribe and Cleveland's offense hit the snooze button.

NEW YORK -- The right-field corner at Yankee Stadium rests a mere 314 feet from home plate. A Merrill Lynch advertisement spans a portion of the blue wall to the left of the foul pole. The display features a bull, seemingly staring at the infield, warning a pitcher that the short porch turns harmless fly balls into game-changing home runs.

Once Brett Gardner poked a two-run shot just above the fence in that area in the first inning on Saturday, the Yankees never looked back, as the Indians dropped the third tilt of the team's four-game set by a 6-2 margin.

Of course, it helped New York's cause that Danny Salazar labored through the first two frames, a critical call went against the Tribe and Cleveland's offense hit the snooze button.

Francisco Lindor also capitalized on Yankee Stadium's friendly architecture, as he slapped an 0-2 fastball to right field for a solo shot in the first inning. Two batters into Salazar's start, however, the Yankees had grabbed a 2-1 advantage, as Gardner's round-tripper plated Jacoby Ellsbury.

Two hitters later, Brian McCann swatted a Salazar offering over the wall in right-center. The Yankees padded their lead in the second, as Salazar heaved a ball into center field as he attempted to initiate a double play. Instead, Ellsbury reached first, John Ryan Murphy advanced to second and Stephen Drew scored. Carlos Beltran's sacrifice fly gave New York a four-run edge.

The Indians placed a pair of runners on base with one out in the third. Michael Brantley bounced a ball to first baseman Greg Bird, who gathered the baseball and tossed a high throw to second base. Shortstop Didi Gregorius leapt in the air to corral the throw, which pulled him off the bag. He landed beside the base and fired a throw to first, but Brantley reached safely. Second-base umpire Dan Iassogna ruled that Lindor was out at second, which lured Tribe manager Terry Francona out of the dugout.

The umpires did not review the play. Francona spouted off a few choice words and Iassogna ejected him. Carlos Santana swung through a 97 mph fastball down the middle for an inning-ending strikeout. The Indians mustered only one hit over the following four innings.

What it means

The Indians (57-65) are 11-11 in August. They remain last in the American League Central. The Tribe fell to 38-13 when scoring first.

The Yankees snapped Cleveland's four-game winning streak at Yankee Stadium, the Indians' longest streak in the Bronx in 26 years.

Leave the premises

Francona's ejection was his third of the season. He had started to retreat to the dugout when Iassogna tossed him. Francona immediately reversed course, positioned his face a few inches from the umpire and resumed his barking.

Shining star

With two outs in the third, Gregorius skied a fly to left field. Mike Aviles, sporting sunglasses, camped under it, but lost sight of the baseball in the sun. He coiled his body in case the ball struck him, but instead, the ball landed beside him and Gregorius cruised into second base with a double. Salazar struck out Stephen Drew in the ensuing at-bat.

Sizzling shortstop

Lindor collected three hits -- a homer, a single and a double -- in four at-bats, as he lifted his season batting average to .292. Since the All-Star break, he owns a .343 average (47-for-137) with 21 runs scored, four home runs and 17 RBI. On Sunday, he scored a pair of runs. He doubled and scored on Lonnie Chisenhall's single in the eighth.

They came, they saw

An announced crowd of 47,031 watched. The Yankees retired Jorge Posada's No. 20 before the game, as Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Joe Torre and others joined the longtime catcher on the infield for the ceremony.

What's next

The Indians and Yankees will reconvene for Sunday's series finale, which features a 1:05 p.m. ET first pitch. Cleveland will trot out right-hander Trevor Bauer (9-10, 4.62 ERA), who has totaled only five innings in his last two starts, surrendering 11 runs on 13 hits. Against the Yankees on Aug. 13, he allowed six runs on seven hits over 3 1/3 frames. New York will counter with southpaw CC Sabathia (4-9, 5.24 ERA), who limited the Tribe to two runs over six innings on Aug. 12. The Indians won that contest, 2-1.

Terry Francona: Tribe couldn't protest call, 'even if you'd like to': Cleveland Indians notes

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"I was like, 'You got this wrong, man. You're not even close,'" Francona said. "That's when I started getting really mad. He started to say, 'You're not going to get thrown out over this, are you?' 'Well, you have to go look at this.' I was getting frustrated, obviously."

NEW YORK -- Terry Francona had a night to sleep on it. And on Sunday morning, he applauded the umpiring crew for gathering, discussing Saturday's third-inning call and explaining their reasoning to the Tribe manager.

With one caveat, of course.

"I just didn't agree with any of the explanation," Francona said.

Francona said teams cannot play a game under protest in reaction to an umpire's judgement call. So, the Indians were dealt what appeared to be a blown call at second base and they proceeded as normal.

"You can't protest judgement, even if you'd like to," Francona said.

With runners on the corners and one out, Michael Brantley bounced a ball to first baseman Greg Bird, whose high throw yanked shortstop Didi Gregorius off of second base. Umpire Dan Iassogna, however, cited "the neighborhood play," which allows a fielder to stray from the bag to avoid a collision with a runner.

Of course, Francisco Lindor was nowhere near Gregorius, despite Iassogna suggesting otherwise, and Gregorius was straying from the base to corral Bird's throw, not to avoid Lindor's slide. Francona said Iassogna issued three reasons why he made the call and didn't opt to review it. The skipper said he disagreed with all three reasons and described Iassogna's explanation as "atrocious" and "terribly incorrect." Francona was eventually ejected.

"I was like, 'You got this wrong, man. You're not even close,'" Francona said. "That's when I started getting really mad. He started to say, 'You're not going to get thrown out over this, are you?' 'Well, you have to go look at this.' I was getting frustrated, obviously.

"Their explanation made it not challengeable."

Lineup chaos: On Sunday morning, a lineup posted on a display monitor in the Indians' clubhouse mistakenly listed players at improper positions. The order had Yan Gomes in center field, Abraham Almonte at catcher, Jerry Sands at third base and Giovanny Urshela in left field. Almonte laughed and snapped a photo of the lineup. Gomes joked that he needed to get his legs loose if he was going to play the outfield.

Another day, another number retired: The Yankees retired Andy Pettitte's No. 46 in a pre-game ceremony on Sunday. A day earlier they cemented Jorge Posada's No. 20 in franchise lore. Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Paul O'Neill, Tino Martinez, Joe Torre and Hideki Matsui were on hand once again as Pettitte, a three-time All-Star and winner of 256 games, joined an extensive list of Yankees to be honored in Monument Park.

Day of rest: Jason Kipnis did not start Sunday's game. Instead, Francisco Lindor led off and Mike Aviles started at second base. Francona said he didn't want to sit both Kipnis and Michael Brantley, and he might rest Brantley on Monday. The Indians faced southpaw CC Sabathia on Sunday and will see another lefty, Jon Lester, on Monday at Wrigley Field.

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