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Detroit Tigers @ Cleveland Guardians

2018-04-09 · Night game · Progressive Field · Att: 9843 · 33°F, sunny · Wind 10 mph from RF · 2:39

Cleveland Indians defeated Detroit Tigers 2–0. Cleveland Indians opened the scoring in the 5th — Bradley Zimmer homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Yan Gomes scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Bradley Zimmer homers (1) on a fly ball to right center field. Yan Gomes scores — worth 26% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
CLE	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		2	4

W: Corey Kluber L: Francisco Liriano SV: Andrew Miller

Umpires — HP: Jeff Nelson · 1B: Laz Diaz · 2B: Andy Fletcher · 3B: Manny Gonzalez · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Leonys Martin	2	0	1	0
Jeimer Candelario	4	0	0	3
Miguel Cabrera	4	0	0	1
Nick Castellanos	3	1	0	2
Victor Martinez	3	1	0	1
Mikie Mahtook	3	0	0	1
James McCann	3	0	0	3
Jose Iglesias	3	0	0	1
Dixon Machado	3	0	0	2
JaCoby Jones	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Francisco Lindor	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jason Kipnis	3	0	0	0	1	2
Jose Ramirez	2	0	1	0	2	0
Edwin Encarnacion	4	0	0	0	0	1
Brandon Guyer	3	0	0	0	0	1
Rajai Davis	3	0	1	0	0	0
Yan Gomes	3	1	1	0	0	0
Bradley Zimmer	2	1	1	2	1	0
Erik Gonzalez	2	0	0	0	1	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Francisco Liriano	6.0	3	3	4
Buck Farmer	0.1	1	1	0
Drew VerHagen	1.2	0	1	3

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Corey Kluber	8.0	2	1	13
Andrew Miller	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Leonys Martin: 63/G6
Jeimer Candelario: K
Miguel Cabrera: K

Bot 1

Francisco Lindor: 9/F89XD+
Jason Kipnis: K
Jose Ramirez: 9/F89D+

Top 2

Nick Castellanos: K
Victor Martinez: S9/L34D+
Mikie Mahtook: 9/F9LS
James McCann: K

Bot 2

Edwin Encarnacion: 8/F8LXD+
Brandon Guyer: K
Rajai Davis: 9/F89M

Top 3

Jose Iglesias: 43/G4S-
Dixon Machado: K
Leonys Martin: 5/F5S-

Bot 3

Yan Gomes: 9/F9LD
Bradley Zimmer: 8/F8LM
Erik Gonzalez: 53/G56S-

Top 4

Jeimer Candelario: K
Miguel Cabrera: 43/G4+
Nick Castellanos: S9/L34D+
Victor Martinez: K

Bot 4

Francisco Lindor: 8/F8LXD+
Jason Kipnis: W
Jose Ramirez: W.1-2
Edwin Encarnacion: 4(1)3/GDP/G6M

Top 5

Mikie Mahtook: K
James McCann: K
Jose Iglesias: K

Bot 5

Brandon Guyer: 63/G6
Rajai Davis: 43/G4-
Yan Gomes: S7/L56D+
Bradley Zimmer: HR/F8RXD+.1-H
Erik Gonzalez: W
Francisco Lindor: K

Top 6

Dixon Machado: 53/G5-
Leonys Martin: W
Jeimer Candelario: 46(1)/FO/G34
Miguel Cabrera: 6/L6+

Bot 6

Jason Kipnis: K
Jose Ramirez: S7/L78S+
Edwin Encarnacion: 53/G5.1-2
Brandon Guyer: 63/G6+

Top 7

Nick Castellanos: K
Victor Martinez: 31/G3+
Mikie Mahtook: 9/F9M

Bot 7

Rajai Davis: D9/L3D-
Yan Gomes: 63/G6+
Bradley Zimmer: W
Erik Gonzalez: CS2(24).2-3
Erik Gonzalez: K

Top 8

James McCann: K
Jose Iglesias: 63/G6
Dixon Machado: K

Bot 8

Francisco Lindor: K
Jason Kipnis: 43/G34
Jose Ramirez: W
Edwin Encarnacion: K

Top 9

JaCoby Jones: HP
Jeimer Candelario: K
Miguel Cabrera: 64(1)3/GDP/G6M

Notes & reviews

Buck Farmer left game with injured hip
Twins challenged call that Zimmer was safe at 2nd on double steal; call was overturned - out at 2nd for caught stealing

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