Trevor Bauer’s strikeout barrage continued on Monday, as he struck out nine Padres in a Tribe 3-1 loss to San Diego at Goodyear Ballpark.
The loss puts the Indians at 12-10-3 on the spring.
Bauer went 5.2 innings, his longest outing of the spring. He allowed three runs, two of which were on a pair of solo homers early in the game, gave up four hits with no walks and nine strikeouts.
In the last two games Bauer has struck out 19 batters in 10.1 innings. He retired the last 12 Padres that he faced, including five of them via strikeout.