With the bases loaded, Harold Ramirez sent a picture-perfect 1-2-3 double play grounder back to Sewald, but he made a high throw to catcher Tom Murphy as Hernandez slid to the inside part of the plate and slapped it with his hand.
Amed Rosario singled to right center, but Hernandez stopped at third after making sure the ball wasn’t caught.
Pinch-hitter Bobby Bradley, with the Indians down to their last out in the ninth, started the game-tying rally with a broken-bat bloop single to right that scored Bradley Zimmer to make it 4-2.
“Sometimes days like this turn out to be even better,” said Indians manager Terry Francona, “just because we used everybody and everybody feels a part of it.
How are the Indians going to do this? They are two games into a stretch of 30 games in 31 days and they literally have two starters capable of getting into the mid-section of a game.
Rookie Triston McKenzie, recalled before Saturday’s game from Class AAA Columbus, lasted two-thirds of inning in his 10th start of the season.
When he walked off the mound Saturday, McKenzie had reclaimed to top spot with 39 walks.
Said Francona, “Carl talked to him and definitely got that feeling.
“We were just trying to get through the game without ruining our bullpen,” said Francona.
But the Indians, who scored seven runs on Friday, could do nothing against left-hander Yusei Kikuchi.
Kikuchi, who had to leave his last start when he was hit by a comebacker on his right knee, showed no ill effects against the Indians.
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