Major League Baseball
Cleveland Indians
6
Minnesota Twins
5
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Reliever Joe Smith struck out pinch hitter Oswaldo Arcia to end a ninth-inning rally, and the Cleveland Indians won their seventh straight game, holding off the Minnesota Twins 6-5 on Thursday night to keep their edge in the AL wild-card race.
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
J Pinto homered to right (349 feet), R Doumit scored.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
B Dozier grounded out to third, A Presley scored.
Pitch 4: foul
A Presley tripled to deep center, E Escobar scored.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
M Brantley singled to left, Y Gomes scored, D Stubbs to second.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
R Doumit singled to center, A Presley scored.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
C Santana doubled to deep right, J Kipnis scored.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
M Brantley singled to left, R Raburn scored, Y Gomes to third, D Stubbs to second.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Y Gomes homered to left (372 feet), A Cabrera scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
A Cabrera sacrificed to catcher, R Raburn to third, A Cabrera safe at first on error by first baseman C Colabello. R Raburn scored on error by first baseman C Colabello.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
End of the 9th
O Arcia struck out swinging.
Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
O Arcia batting
O Arcia hit for D Mastroianni.
D Bernier ran for C Colabello.
C Colabello walked, P Florimon to second.
Pitch 6: ball 4
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: ball 3
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
C Colabello batting
P Florimon ran for T Plouffe.
T Plouffe reached on infield single to third.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
T Plouffe batting
J Smith relieved C Perez.
J Pinto homered to right (349 feet), R Doumit scored.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Pinto batting
J Willingham flied out to center.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Willingham batting
R Doumit singled to left center.
Pitch 3: in play
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Alex PresleyCF47
Brian Dozier2B15
Ryan DoumitRF4
Josh WillinghamDH7
Josmil PintoC21
Trevor Plouffe3B80
Chris Colabello1B15
Darin MastroianniLF21
Eduardo EscobarSS3
Pedro FlorimonPR18
Doug BernierPR
Oswaldo ArciaPH34
Michael BrantleyLF23
Nick Swisher1B23
Jason Kipnis2B22
Carlos SantanaDH41
Ryan RaburnRF18
Asdrubal CabreraSS3
Yan GomesC15
Mike Aviles3B12
Drew StubbsCF46
Matt CarsonRF55
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