WELCOME HOME, CARLOS! Indians land on the Blue Jays, 3-2

At an evening with perhaps the darkest starting map of the Indians so far, it was an old favorite that imposed itself for the Tribe.

The walk home of Carlos Santana was a great race for the dingers. Joe Biagini, the Blue Jays pitcher at 102 km / h, has not even been one of his most impressive successes of the season. But the symbolism of all this, which came back after a frustrating year with the Phillies, was that hitting his first homer in 2019 the same day he became an American citizen, is something very special.

In the first six games of the season, we have already seen Carlos's patient side at the plate, with a 13% walk and a 8.7% failure rate, but home run not come. Now they have done it and, hopefully, they will never stop. I could always say that the return of Carlos is great or that he manages to hit the ball this season, but all this has already been covered in depth at Let's Go Tribe, and for good reason: Carlos Santana is great.

It was not just the Santana circuit that helped the Indians win a win tonight. It was also their fifth starter, Shane Bieber, achieving another outstanding performance of this rotation. Let me repeat the key point of this sentence:

It was the first start of the second-year pitcher's season, after having had his place to keep Corey Kluber on the track, but if it bothered him not to throw for more than a week, he did not show it. all. Bieber has moved a little further away from the box than usual, but the result is nine goals behind, tied for the second-highest of his career.

Bieber's only spoils were badly advised against Freddy Galvis, a player who does not lose his batters, in the fifth inning.

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Other than that, and being dropped by a questionable road going from Tyler Naquin, it was still another stellar star by an Indian jug; Something that every unnamed starter Carlos Carrasco has had at least once already this season.

The only curious thing about the exit was that Bieber did not exercise his mythical change once. That's all we heard about during spring training, and one of the reasons it seemed indecipherable at the very important games in March. Tonight, his mix consisted entirely of his fastball, his slider and his curveball. Between them, the batters were hit 19 times and 18 hit, so it's not like he needed another good throw. Pure speculation, but perhaps he did not feel comfortable throwing a throw that could potentially fall so far off the surface without Robert-Perez behind the marble. Between that and a perceptible lack of good framing, Perez's presence behind the plate was missed tonight.

But his racket was not there.

Rescuer Kevin Plawecki completed a home run of 406 feet in the depth on the left, which gave the Tribe the lead in the third inning. Although not as dramatic as his teammate's first race this season, it's the first Plawecki dong as an Indian.

The rest of the squad, completed by a striking appearance by Jose Ramirez, managed to scratch only 10 times, which seems like a feat. Hanley Ramirez even had the opportunity to show some wheels when Max Moroff hit a triple and he himself earned a lifetime supply of chicken fingers.

Oliver Perez also hit 94.7 miles per hour in his last shot of the night, but we do not care. I have been late long enough for the Indians to bring Tom Hamilton's call online, please.