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Francona shares responsibility for tough loss
- Updated: August 18, 2016
CLEVELAND — In the box score, it went down as Cody Allen’s third blown save in 26 tries this season. But the day after Wednesday’s 10-7 loss to the White Sox, Indians manager Terry Francona shared some of the blame.
“I know he got a blown save, but I’d probably take half that blown save,” Francona said prior to Thursday’s series finale. “Because I was on the fence if he should’ve pitched. He’d been up a lot lately.”
Allen, however, was likely Francona’s only option since lefty Andrew Miller was unavailable, having pitched two innings the night before and two innings on Sunday.
• No excuses for Allen after tough-luck 9th
Allen entered the ninth with a two-run lead, and started it with a routine …
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