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Cleveland Guardians @ Detroit Tigers

2019-08-28 · Night game · Comerica Park · Att: 15834 · 72°F, cloudy · Wind 15 mph R to L · 2:33

Cleveland Indians defeated Detroit Tigers 4–2. Cleveland Indians opened the scoring in the 2nd — Jason Kipnis homers (15) on a line drive to right center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Francisco Lindor homers (24) on a fly ball to center field — worth 27% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Aaron Civale L: Buck Farmer SV: Brad Hand

Umpires — HP: Stu Scheurwater · 1B: Alan Porter · 2B: Jim Reynolds · 3B: Sean Barber · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Francisco Lindor	5	2	3	1	0	0
Greg Allen	2	0	0	0	0	1
Carlos Santana	4	0	2	1	0	1
Yasiel Puig	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jason Kipnis	4	2	2	2	0	1
Franmil Reyes	3	0	1	0	1	1
Tyler Naquin	4	0	1	0	0	0
Roberto Perez	3	0	0	0	1	1
Yu Chang	4	0	0	0	0	2

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Victor Reyes	4	0	2	0	0
Gordon Beckham	4	0	1	0	1
Willi Castro	3	0	0	1	2
Ronny Rodriguez	4	0	0	0	1
Dawel Lugo	4	1	1	1	0
Brandon Dixon	3	0	1	0	1
Travis Demeritte	3	0	0	0	0
Jordy Mercer	3	0	1	0	1
John Hicks	3	1	1	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Aaron Civale	7.0	6	5
Nick Goody	1.0	1	1
Brad Hand	1.0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jordan Zimmermann	6.0	5	0	5
Gregory Soto	1.0	0	1	0
Buck Farmer	1.0	2	0	2
Joe Jimenez	1.0	2	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Francisco Lindor: S9/L34D+
Greg Allen: SB2
Greg Allen: K
Carlos Santana: K
Yasiel Puig: 8/L8LM

Bot 1

Victor Reyes: S7/L56+
Gordon Beckham: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Willi Castro: K

Top 2

Jason Kipnis: HR/F9D+
Franmil Reyes: K
Tyler Naquin: S5/G6S-
Roberto Perez: CS2(24)
Roberto Perez: K

Bot 2

Ronny Rodriguez: 53/G56
Dawel Lugo: 6/L6D+
Brandon Dixon: S6/G6M
Travis Demeritte: 9/L9D+

Top 3

Yu Chang: 143/G13+
Francisco Lindor: 53/G6S
Greg Allen: HP
Carlos Santana: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 3

Jordy Mercer: 8/F8LS
John Hicks: E4/G4
Victor Reyes: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M+

Top 4

Yasiel Puig: 31/G4S-
Jason Kipnis: K
Franmil Reyes: 8/L8RXD+

Bot 4

Gordon Beckham: S8/L8LS+
Willi Castro: K
Ronny Rodriguez: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S+

Top 5

Tyler Naquin: 31/G34+
Roberto Perez: 63/G6
Yu Chang: 53/G56

Bot 5

Dawel Lugo: HR/F78XD+
Brandon Dixon: 53/G56
Travis Demeritte: 8/F8RS-
Jordy Mercer: K

Top 6

Francisco Lindor: D9/L89D+
Greg Allen: 13/SH.2-3
Carlos Santana: S7/L78S-.3-H
Yasiel Puig: 54(1)/FO/G56
Jason Kipnis: 6(1)/FO/G6M

Bot 6

John Hicks: S9/G34+
Victor Reyes: D9/G3+.1-3
Gordon Beckham: K
Willi Castro: 8/SF/F8RM.3-H
Ronny Rodriguez: 7/L7D+

Top 7

Franmil Reyes: W
Tyler Naquin: 43(B)6(1)/GDP/G4S
Roberto Perez: 53/G5+

Bot 7

Dawel Lugo: 63/G6
Brandon Dixon: K
Travis Demeritte: 9/F89D

Top 8

Yu Chang: K
Francisco Lindor: HR/F8LXD+
Greg Allen: 5/F5F-
Carlos Santana: D8/L8LD+
Yasiel Puig: K

Bot 8

Jordy Mercer: S7/L78S-
John Hicks: K
Victor Reyes: 7/F7M
Gordon Beckham: 7/F7D

Top 9

Jason Kipnis: HR/F9D+
Franmil Reyes: S5/G56S-
Tyler Naquin: 9/F89M
Roberto Perez: SB2
Roberto Perez: W
Yu Chang: K
Francisco Lindor: 2/F2R-

Bot 9

Willi Castro: 53/G56
Ronny Rodriguez: K
Dawel Lugo: 9/F9LM

Notes & reviews

Indians challenged call that Lindor was out at 2nd; call overturned - double
Mound Visit
Indians challenged call that Mercado was out at 2nd; call overturned - stolen base

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