"It's nice for us to break it open a little bit," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "But, [Carrasco] pitched the majority of that game where, if you make a mistake, they're right there. And he was really good. He's been really good. He continues to be."
Cleveland lost Kluber to the disabled list earlier this month, but Carrasco has been there to help fill the void. He has yet to allow more than three earned runs in any of his seven starts, and he has lasted at least six innings in all but one. The latest clinic came Tuesday, when he allowed the Blue Jays to have just one at-bat with runners in scoring position and threw 64 of his 97 pitches for strikes.