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Cleveland Guardians @ Tampa Bay Rays

2018-09-11 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 10599 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:44

Cleveland Indians defeated Tampa Bay Rays 2–0. Cleveland Indians opened the scoring in the 5th — Yan Gomes homers (14) on a fly ball to center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Yan Gomes homers (14) on a fly ball to center field — worth 15% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Kevin Cash (M): Arguing balk call.

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Line score

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

W: Shane Bieber L: Tyler Glasnow SV: Cody Allen

Umpires — HP: Mark Carlson · 1B: Paul Nauert · 2B: Scott Barry · 3B: Carlos Torres · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Francisco Lindor	5	0	1	0	0	0
Michael Brantley	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jose Ramirez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Edwin Encarnacion	3	1	2	1	1	1
Josh Donaldson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Yonder Alonso	4	0	0	0	0	1
Melky Cabrera	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Kipnis	3	0	1	0	0	0
Yan Gomes	4	1	2	1	0	0
Brandon Barnes	1	0	1	0	0	0
Greg Allen	0	0	0	0	1	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Mallex Smith	4	0	0	1
Tommy Pham	3	1	1	2
Ji-Man Choi	4	1	0	2
C. J. Cron	4	0	0	2
Joey Wendle	4	2	0	1
Willy Adames	4	0	0	1
Brandon Lowe	3	0	1	2
Jake Bauers	3	0	1	1
Nick Ciuffo	2	0	0	1
Matt Duffy	0	0	1	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Shane Bieber	6.2	3	3	11
Brad Hand	1.1	0	1	1
Cody Allen	1.0	1	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tyler Glasnow	7.0	6	0	3
Vidal Nuno	0.2	1	0	0
Andrew Kittredge	0.1	0	1	0
Jaime Schultz	1.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Francisco Lindor: 8/F78D+
Michael Brantley: K
Jose Ramirez: 8/F8LS

Bot 1

Mallex Smith: 7/L78S
Tommy Pham: S9/G34+
Ji-Man Choi: K
C. J. Cron: K

Top 2

Edwin Encarnacion: K
Josh Donaldson: 8/F8RXD+
Yonder Alonso: 43/G4

Bot 2

Joey Wendle: K23
Willy Adames: 63/G6
Brandon Lowe: K

Top 3

Melky Cabrera: 43/G4+
Jason Kipnis: S8/G4
Yan Gomes: S8/L4D+.1-2
Francisco Lindor: 8/L8LM
Michael Brantley: 43/G34

Bot 3

Jake Bauers: 7/F78S
Nick Ciuffo: K
Mallex Smith: K

Top 4

Jose Ramirez: 31/G34+
Edwin Encarnacion: S7/L7D+
Josh Donaldson: WP.1-2
Josh Donaldson: 9/L9D+
Yonder Alonso: 3/G3+

Bot 4

Tommy Pham: W
Ji-Man Choi: SB2
Ji-Man Choi: K
C. J. Cron: K
Joey Wendle: 4/L4+

Top 5

Melky Cabrera: 3/G3-
Jason Kipnis: 43/G4
Yan Gomes: HR/F8LXD+
Francisco Lindor: S9/G34+
Michael Brantley: 53/G5

Bot 5

Willy Adames: K
Brandon Lowe: W
Jake Bauers: K
Nick Ciuffo: 7/F7S-

Top 6

Jose Ramirez: 5/F7S
Edwin Encarnacion: HR/F7D+
Josh Donaldson: K
Yonder Alonso: 7/F78M

Bot 6

Mallex Smith: 63/G6MD+
Tommy Pham: K
Ji-Man Choi: S9/L9S+
C. J. Cron: 53/G5+

Top 7

Melky Cabrera: 3/G3-
Jason Kipnis: 63/G6
Yan Gomes: 9/F4D

Bot 7

Joey Wendle: D8/L78M
Willy Adames: 63/G6
Brandon Lowe: 7/F78M
Jake Bauers: W
Matt Duffy: W.2-3;1-2
Mallex Smith: 6/F6D-

Top 8

Francisco Lindor: 4/F4D-
Michael Brantley: S8/G6
Jose Ramirez: BK.1-2
Jose Ramirez: 7/F7LD
Edwin Encarnacion: W
Josh Donaldson: 64(1)/FO/G6+

Bot 8

Tommy Pham: K
Ji-Man Choi: 3/G3
C. J. Cron: 63/G6+

Top 9

Yonder Alonso: K
Brandon Barnes: S68/G6+
Greg Allen: W.1-2
Yan Gomes: 46(1)/FO/G4M.2-3
Francisco Lindor: 7/F78M

Bot 9

Joey Wendle: S8/G6+
Willy Adames: 64(1)/FO/G6
Brandon Lowe: K
Jake Bauers: 9/F89D

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Rays challenged call that Pham was out at 2nd; call was overturned - stolen base
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On-field Delay ej,cashk001,M,carlm901,Arguing balk call
Tampa Bay manager Cash ejected by plate umpire Carlson for arguing balk call
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