CLEVELAND — One of baseball’s most potent offenses has been quieted by one of baseball’s best pitching staffs.
David Murphy’s double off the wall in right field was the tie-breaker in the eighth inning Wednesday night at Progressive Field, when the Astros dropped a second straight game to the Indians, 4-2.
Astros lefty Joe Thatcher came on to begin the bottom of the eighth with the game in a 2-2 deadlock since the bottom of the fourth. Francisco Lindor’s one-out double and Michael Brantley’s walk — free passes have been the bane of the Astros lately — brought Murphy to the plate.