Major League Baseball
Cleveland Indians
5
Minnesota Twins
1
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
The surging Cleveland Indians earned their first postseason berth since 2007, beating the Minnesota Twins 5-1 Sunday to clinch an AL wild card as Ubaldo Jimenez tied a career high with 13 strikeouts.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
E Fryer singled to center, C Herrmann scored, C Thomas to second.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
C Santana doubled to deep right center, J Kipnis scored.
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Y Gomes hit sacrifice fly to left, R Raburn scored.
Pitch 3: foul
A Cabrera sacrificed to catcher, C Santana to third, R Raburn to second, A Cabrera safe at first on throwing error by pitcher S Diamond. C Santana scored, R Raburn to third on throwing error by pitcher S Diamond.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (bunted foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: in play
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
N Swisher homered to left (346 feet), M Bourn scored.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
End of the 9th
C Thomas grounded out to second.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: ball 1
C Thomas batting
C Herrmann grounded out to first.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
C Herrmann batting
C Parmelee struck out looking.
Pitch 6: strike 3 (looking)
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
C Parmelee batting
D Stubbs in center field.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
C Santana grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: ball 3
Pitch 2: ball 2
J Kipnis to second on wild pitch by B Duensing.
Pitch 1: ball 1
C Santana batting
J Kipnis singled to center.
Pitch 6: in play
Showing the last 40 of 588 events.
Alex PresleyCF47
Brian Dozier2B15
Trevor Plouffe3B80
Ryan DoumitDH4
Chris Mathhew Parmelee1B89
Chris HerrmannRF43
Clete ThomasLF24
Eric FryerC41
Pedro FlorimonSS18
Chris ColabelloPH15
Doug BernierSS
Michael BournCF1
Nick Swisher1B23
Jason Kipnis2B22
Carlos SantanaDH41
Ryan RaburnRF18
Asdrubal CabreraSS3
Michael BrantleyLF23
Yan GomesC15
Mike Aviles3B12
Drew StubbsCF46
Matt CarsonRF55
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