CLEVELAND — The odds of beating Corey Kluber and the Indians at Progressive Field weren’t good coming into the game.
And with each pitch from Erasmo Ramirez that resulted in the baseball rocketing over the wall, the odds decreased from low, to slim, to minuscule, to impossible and to you’re kidding, right?
On a night when the margin for error was so slim that allowing even a run or two might destroy the Mariners’ chances for victory, Ramirez gave up a solo home run to the first batter he faced (Francisco Lindor) and the fourth batter he faced (Michael Brantley) and the fifth batter he faced (Edwin Encarnacion).