Trevor Bauer posted a funny video to Twitter on Saturday night after being lit up again by Max Kepler.
Bauer started and took a loss in the Cleveland Indians’ 6-2 defeat to the Minnesota Twins earlier in the day. Bauer allowed a solo home run to Kepler to start the game — the second straight time that happened when he faced the Twins. Kepler got him again for a home run in the second inning.
While that was a great start for Kepler, it only tells half the story.
Back on June 6, Kepler went 4-for-4 with three home runs and a walk in a 5-4 win over the Indians. All three homers and a walk came off Bauer. That meant as of the second inning on Saturday, Kepler had smacked five straight home runs against Bauer.
Bauer tried to have a sense of humor about it and posted this video, which culminates with his strikeout of Kepler in the fourth Saturday after he had already surrendered the two solo home runs.
It’s not about how you start, it’s about how you finish. I think. Maybe. pic.twitter.com/Y94Ni2cpDp
— Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) July 14, 2019
Who knows where Kepler’s hot streak against Bauer came from? In the second game of the season on March 30, Bauer got Kepler to go 0-for-3 with two popouts and a strikeout against him. And then he torched him like he was Manny Machado.
Maybe next time Terry Francona will choose to go with an intentional walk instead.
