Lowe's losing streak continues as Indians fall

TORONTO (AP) — No matter what he tries, Cleveland’s Derek Lowe can’t seem to find success when pitching away from home.

Carlos Villanueva struck out a career-best eight in six scoreless innings, Jose Bautista had two hits and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Lowe and the Indians 3-0 Sunday.

Lowe came in 0-4 with an 8.88 ERA in his past five road starts and, despite pitching better, was unable to snap his losing streak. The right-hander allowed three runs and three hits in six innings, walked four and struck out five.

Struggling with his delivery, Lowe acknowledged that he “invented a lot of stuff” over his final three innings.

“I asked guys on the bench for advice,” he said. “I changed mechanically probably 50 times, just trying to find anything. The ball wasn’t coming out too good so it was just try to invent stuff to keep yourself in the game.”

Lowe (8-7) dropped to 2-6 in his past 10 outings overall and has not won consecutive starts since May 10 and 15, when he picked up back-to-back road wins at Boston and Minnesota.