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Bullpen shakes off trade rumors, shuts down A’s
- Updated: July 30, 2016
CLEVELAND — Indians closer Cody Allen turned and watched the baseball soar into the Cleveland night sky. The ball kept carrying, and it became unclear where the landing destination would be.
At last, Josh Reddick’s deep fly ball dropped safely into the glove of center fielder Tyler Naquin — just shy of the wall — for the final out in the Tribe’s 5-3 win over the Athletics on Friday.
“I think Naquin was probably the only guy in Cleveland that knew that ball wasn’t going to quite get out,” Allen said. “It was a little nerve-racking, but those things happen.”
In the end, it was recorded as just another out, one of 11 that the Indians’ bullpen notched in the series opener. With chatter buzzing about the team adding to the bullpen at Monday’s non-waiver Trade Deadline, it would be easy for the current relief corps to seem distracted.
But despite the rumors, the ‘pen was able to come …
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