14 in a row for Tribe! Again. Cookie of the Year?
CHICAGO -- Winning 14 straight was so enjoyable for the Indians during the 2016 season that they decided to revisit such a run in '17.Carlos Carrasco, the man they call "Cookie," went the distance and Cleveland matched its franchise-record winning streak with No. 14, and its third straight over the
CHICAGO -- Winning 14 straight was so enjoyable for the Indians during the 2016 season that they decided to revisit such a run in '17.
• Cookie on complete game: 'I had everything'
The Cubs were the last team to have winning streaks of at least 14 games in consecutive years, winning 21 in a row during September 1935, before winning 15 straight in June 1936. Cleveland has scored first in all 14 games during the winning streak, outscoring its opponents 47-9 over the first three innings as part of this run.
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"That shows what kind of team we are and how we're playing baseball right now," Indians catcher
Carrasco almost single-handedly made it possible for the Indians' 14th straight. He retired the first 12 White Sox hitters before giving up
• Cookie on complete game: 'I had everything'
"Carrasco was ... my goodness," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "I mean, you talk about throwing strikes and quality pitches. That was really impressive. I don't know if he threw maybe 20 balls the whole game. That's pretty impressive."
"He was really, really good," said White Sox manager Rick Renteria. "Obviously a good fastball. Offspeed, secondary pitches were working very well. His ball had a lot of action today. Gotta tip your cap. Kind of a moral victory for Engel to get a hold of the fastball and hit it out of the ballpark."
• Lopez happy with performance vs. tough foe
"They're very good," Renteria said. "Very balanced and their ability --- right now they're armed even a little more with the callups. So they have quite a bit of pieces to be able to move around. But just in general they're an excellent Major League baseball team, proving why they're one of the best teams in baseball."
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Santana blast:
"I'm happy, especially with my team winning," said Santana, who went 3-for-4 with the two RBIs and two runs scored. "I'm trying to have fun with my time, have fun with my game and trying to focus. It's been great for me."
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"All in all, just in general, as much as [Lopez] threw well, the game just didn't look very clean. This is one of those where we can all agree it just didn't look right." -- Renteria on his team's two-error off night
"I wanted the shutout. But Cookie [Carrasco] was awesome tonight. They got three base hits with the homer, but right after those two base hits, we got a double play. He made pitches when he needed to and got himself out of trouble." -- Perez, on Engel's homer spoiling Carrasco's shutout
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With his fifth-inning single off Lopez, Indians designated hitter
WHAT'S NEXT
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Scott Merkin has covered the White Sox for MLB.com since 2003. Read his blog, Merk's Works, follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin, on Facebook and listen to his podcast.
Fabian Ardaya is a reporter for MLB.com based in Chicago who covered the Indians on Wednesday.