Major League Baseball
Cleveland Indians
9
Texas Rangers
6
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| TEX | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Francisco Lindor hit a go-ahead grand slam off closer Sam Dyson in the ninth inning to lead the defending AL champion Cleveland Indians to a season-opening sweep with a 9-6 victory over Texas.
| Date | Opp | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/19/26 | @ Tampa Bay Rays | L 3-7 | MLB |
| 10/18/26 | vs Tampa Bay Rays | L 1-3 | MLB |
| 10/17/26 | vs Tampa Bay Rays | L 3-7 | MLB |
| 10/16/26 | vs Tampa Bay Rays | D 0-0 | MLB |
| 10/15/26 | vs Tampa Bay Rays | W 3-2 | MLB |
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Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Lindor homered to right (401 feet), Naquin, Almonte and Santana scored.
Santana walked, Díaz scored, Naquin to third, Almonte to second.
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Andrus homered to left center (412 feet).
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Lindor homered to left (411 feet).
Mazara singled to deep center, Choo scored, Mazara thrown out at second attempting to advance on play.
Choo grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Lucroy and Gallo scored, Choo safe at second on throwing error by shortstop Lindor.
Pitch 1: in play
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pérez hit sacrifice fly to left, Díaz scored.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Ramírez singled to deep right center, Santana and Lindor scored, Ramírez thrown out at second attempting to advance on play.
End of the 9th
Robinson lined out to shortstop.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
Robinson batting
Andrus popped out to second.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
Andrus batting
Gallo struck out swinging.
Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
Gallo batting
Shaw relieved Armstrong.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
Encarnación grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: ball 1
Encarnación batting
Brantley grounded out to pitcher.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
Brantley batting
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CLE wins series 3-0
Delino DeShieldsDH80
Shin-Soo ChooRF17
Nomar MazaraRF15
Mike Anthony Napoli1B5
Rougned Odor2B24
Carlos GomezCF91
Jonathan LucroyC14
Joey Gallo3B17
Elvis AndrusSS18
Drew RobinsonDH82
Ryan RuaLF16
Carlos SantanaDH41
Francisco LindorSS12
Brandon GuyerLF24
Edwin Encarnacion1B23
Jose Ramirez2B11
Yandy Diaz3B2
Austin JacksonCF16
Roberto PerezC20
Abraham AlmonteRF28
Michael BrantleyLF23
Tyler NaquinCF46
Michael MartinezPR13
Yan GomesC15
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