Having a 19-inning game within a 162-game season has ramifications on a pitching staff. On Monday, the Indians’ bullpen felt the brunt of those consequences.
Needing fresh arms available to log multiple innings, the Indians designated relief pitchers Joba Chamberlain and Tom Gorzelanny for assignment and called up pitchers Michael Clevinger and TJ House.
The Indians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 on Friday but needed 19 innings to do it. Saturday’s scheduled starter, Trevor Bauer, ended up getting the win by throwing five scoreless innings. It led to the Indians having to piece together Saturday’s game with Zach McAllister getting the start and Shawn Morimando getting called up from the minors at the expense of utility man Michael Martinez.