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Chisenhall hoping to stay hot after first homer
- Updated: June 1, 2016
CLEVELAND — Indians outfielder Lonnie Chisenhall sat patiently for nearly two months. He had done his part and was hitting the ball well through the early part of the season. But even he was relieved to launch his first home run of the season just before the calendar flipped from May.
“Right before June,” Chisenhall said after Tuesday’s 7-3 loss to the Rangers. “It was good. I’ve been hitting the ball hard and putting together good at-bats. You are up there just trying to have a quality at-bat. The home runs will come and go. Sometimes you will hit them all in one week, sometimes you will spread them all out.”
In the seventh inning, Chisenhall put the Indians on the board with a two-run homer off Rangers reliever Tony Barnette. It was his first homer since September 20, 2015, a span of 42 games.
For much of the game, the Tribe couldn’t get anything going offensively off of Rangers starter Colby Lewis. The right-hander flustered the Indians over six shutout innings and gave up just two hits. The first hit was a leadoff single in the …
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