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Cleveland Guardians @ Houston Astros

2018-10-06 · 2018 Division Series · Game 2 of 3 ◀ Game 1 Game 3 ▶ · Day game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 43520 · 73°F, dome, dry · 3:12

Houston Astros defeated Cleveland Indians 3–1. Cleveland Indians opened the scoring in the 3rd — Francisco Lindor homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Houston Astros took the lead in the 6th — Marwin Gonzalez doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Melky Cabrera. Jose Altuve scores. Alex Bregman scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Marwin Gonzalez doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Melky Cabrera. Jose Altuve scores. Alex Bregman scores — worth 29% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Gerrit Cole L: Carlos Carrasco SV: Roberto Osuna

Umpires — HP: Chad Fairchild · 1B: Jerry Layne · 2B: Tim Timmons · 3B: Jeff Nelson · LF: Andy Fletcher · RF: Chris Conroy

Cleveland Guardians — batting

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

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Springer	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jose Altuve	4	1	1	0	0	1
Alex Bregman	3	2	1	1	1	1
Yuli Gurriel	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marwin Gonzalez	4	0	4	2	0	0
Carlos Correa	3	0	0	0	1	1
Tyler White	2	0	1	0	2	1
Josh Reddick	2	0	1	0	0	0
Martin Maldonado	3	0	0	0	0	2
Evan Gattis	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Marisnick	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carlos Carrasco	5.1	6	1	3
Andrew Miller	0.0	1	2	0
Trevor Bauer	1.2	1	0	2
Brad Hand	1.0	1	1	2

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gerrit Cole	7.0	3	0	12
Ryan Pressly	0.2	0	1	1
Roberto Osuna	1.1	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Francisco Lindor: 8/L
Michael Brantley: 3/G
Jose Ramirez: 7/F

Bot 1

George Springer: 43/G
Jose Altuve: 63/G
Alex Bregman: K

Top 2

Edwin Encarnacion: S39/G
Josh Donaldson: K
Yonder Alonso: K
Melky Cabrera: 43/G

Bot 2

Yuli Gurriel: 53/G
Marwin Gonzalez: S7/L
Carlos Correa: 53/G.1-2
Tyler White: K

Top 3

Yan Gomes: K
Jason Kipnis: K
Francisco Lindor: HR/9/F
Michael Brantley: 7/F+

Bot 3

Josh Reddick: S9/G+
Martin Maldonado: 34/BG/SH.1-2
George Springer: S6/G.2-3
Jose Altuve: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Jose Ramirez: K
Edwin Encarnacion: K
Josh Donaldson: K

Bot 4

Alex Bregman: 13/G
Yuli Gurriel: 9/L
Marwin Gonzalez: S9/L+
Carlos Correa: 43/G+

Top 5

Yonder Alonso: 2/P2F
Melky Cabrera: S57/G
Yan Gomes: K
Jason Kipnis: K

Bot 5

Tyler White: S7/G
Josh Reddick: 36(1)/FO/G
Martin Maldonado: K
George Springer: 53/G

Top 6

Francisco Lindor: 8/F+
Michael Brantley: K
Jose Ramirez: K

Bot 6

Jose Altuve: S5/G-
Alex Bregman: W.1-2
Yuli Gurriel: 7/L
Marwin Gonzalez: D9/L.2-H;1-H
Carlos Correa: W
Tyler White: WP.2-3;1-2
Tyler White: IW
Evan Gattis: 4/P
Martin Maldonado: K

Top 7

Edwin Encarnacion: K
Josh Donaldson: 53/G
Yonder Alonso: 7/L+

Bot 7

George Springer: 8/F+
Jose Altuve: K
Alex Bregman: HR/78/F
Yuli Gurriel: 9/F

Top 8

Melky Cabrera: 53/G
Yan Gomes: W
Jason Kipnis: K
Francisco Lindor: K

Bot 8

Marwin Gonzalez: S9/L
Carlos Correa: K
Tyler White: SB2
Tyler White: IW
Jake Marisnick: K
Martin Maldonado: 5(2)/FO/G/RINT.1-2

Top 9

Michael Brantley: 63/G
Jose Ramirez: 43/G
Edwin Encarnacion: W
Josh Donaldson: 8/F+

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