Jason Kipnis had three RBIs as the Indians completed a mini-sweep of their two-game series against Milwaukee with a 6-2 victory at Progressive Field on Wednesday night.
Rookie starting pitcher Cody Anderson filled in admirably for the injured Carlos Carrasco in his first start since being activated from the disabled list, allowing two earned runs in 4 1/3 innings while working on a pitch count. He threw 76 pitches, struck out four, walked two and allowed a home run.
“I thought for Cody being down 19 days or whatever, that he did a really good job,” Indians manager Terry Francona said. “First time through the order he was really good, second time, I think he was starting to get up a little bit. There were probably more fly balls than he’s normally [getting]. I thought he was starting to tire a little bit. But, I thought what he did was great. That was probably farther than we thought he might get.”
Brewers starter Jimmy Nelson couldn’t find his command, walking a career-high eight batters — to go with a wild pitch — in just 3 1/3 innings. He had never walked more than five batters in any of his 38 starts prior to Wednesday. Nelson also allowed four hits, leading to five earned runs. He struck out four.
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