The new extra-inning rule provides for all sorts of strategy when each half inning starts with a runner at second and nobody out.
For instance, when Cleveland went ahead 2-1 — and stayed ahead — Saturday at Busch Stadium in the top of the 12th inning, the Indians chose not to bunt with no one out. But, after Tyler Naquin doubled to give the Indians the lead, then Delino DeShields sacrificed a runner to third. Alex Reyes prevented that runner from scoring.
But, in the first extra inning, the 10th, Indians interim manager Sandy Alomar Jr. had chosen to have his first hitter bunt.