Naquin does it again: OF a walk-off hero

CLEVELAND — Indians outfielder Tyler Naquin slid across home, and very briefly, he had a chance to savor the moment. Before the mob engulfed the rookie outfielder, Naquin hoisted his hand into the dark Cleveland sky.

“Just rockin’ out,” Naquin said after the Tribe’s 3-2 win over Toronto on Friday. “That was a pretty cool moment, so I’m gonna get into it.”

For a second straight time, Naquin was on the receiving end of that moment at Progressive Field. The latest celebration of a two-night party was courtesy of his inside-the-park walk-off home run as the Indians erased a one-run deficit in the ninth.

“That was exciting, that’s for sure.” Indians manager Terry Francona said. “I thought even going into the ninth, it’s not good to be down one, but I thought it was a heck of a game, both sides. Good pitching, good crowd excitement, good baseball. To see the way it ended makes it way better.”

Cleveland entered the home half in the ninth trailing by one, but Jose Ramirez gave the Indians new life when he lifted a one-out solo shot into the seats in right off Toronto righty Roberto Osuna.

 Naquin followed suit, lifting a 1-2 offering from Osuna toward right — a ball that initially looked like it was going out. Instead, it fell just shy, ricocheting off the wall as Michael Saunders appeared to misplay it.

“I was just thinking …

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