OAKLAND, Calif. — Cleveland Indians right-hander Trevor Bauer had allowed three runs through the first four innings of his start on May 30 against Oakland and, to say the least, he wasn’t happy.
“I got really frustrated and (angry),” Bauer recalled Saturday. “So I tried to throw everything as hard as I possibly could and it worked out well.”
Bauer finished with a career-high 14 strikeouts and just one walk in a 9-4 victory at Progressive Field. He allowed seven hits and three runs in seven innings, blanking the A’s in his final three innings.
Bauer will face the A’s again Sunday afternoon at Oakland Coliseum in the finale of their three-game series in a matchup against left-hander Sean Manaea.