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- Updated: July 23, 2016
BALTIMORE — The overall 2016 version of Trevor Bauer remains impressive. The recent vintage, not so much. Facing an Orioles club known for the long ball didn’t help in his latest start. Neither did the Indians right-hander’s lackluster performance.
Bauer allowed five runs, five hits and four walks in four-plus innings with five strikeouts as Cleveland dropped the series opener to Baltimore, 5-1, Friday night.
On the season, Bauer is 7-4 with a 3.65 ERA. Over his last three starts, 0-2 with a 7.47 ERA. The trend is troubling beyond the numbers.
“He just didn’t seem to have a lot of life, even in his body,” Indians manager Terry Francona said. “It seems like it’s been that way for a couple of starts now. Got to try and fight through that.”
Not one but two homers from Baltimore staked the home side …
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