The Indians are making it look pretty simple these days. Timely hitting, quality starts, and their closer nailing it down in the ninth inning. The Indians took the series opener 4-3 led by Jack Hannahan’s 3 RBI effort. Hannahan added the team’s first run with a sac fly in the 2nd then doubled home two in the fourth inning. Yoenis Cespedes had three hits and two RBI for the Athletics. Ubaldo Jimenez went six innings for the win, allowing six hits and walking five. Tony Sipp, Joe Smith, Vinnie Pestano, and Chris Perez combined for 3 innings allowing for just 1 run. The Tribe is now 7-5 on the season and 6-1 on the current road trip. Game two of the series is tomorrow night at 9:05.
| Scoring Summary |
| Top 2nd: Cleveland |
| – J. Hannahan hit sacrifice fly to right, C. Santana scored |
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| Bot 3rd: Oakland |
| – J. Reddick homered to deep right |
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| Top 4th: Cleveland |
| – J. Hannahan doubled to shallow left, T. Hafner and S. Duncan scored |
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| Top 5th: Cleveland |
| – S. Choo singled to right, J. Kipnis scored, S. Choo to second advancing on throw |
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| Bot 5th: Oakland |
| – Y. Cespedes singled to left, J. Reddick scored, Y. Cespedes to second on left fielder S. Duncan’s fielding error |
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| Bot 7th: Oakland |
| – Y. Cespedes singled to shallow right, J. Weeks scored, C. Pennington to second |
| Cleveland |
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AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
HR |
BB |
K |
SB |
LOB |
Season Avg |
| M. Brantley cf |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.213 |
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| J. Kipnis 2b |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.167 |
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| S. Choo rf |
5 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
.234 |
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| C. Santana c |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.262 |
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| T. Hafner dh |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.333 |
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| S. Duncan lf |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
.270 |
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| A. Cunningham pr-lf |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
.214 |
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| C. Kotchman 1b |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
.170 |
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| J. Hannahan 3b |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.324 |
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| J. Donald ss |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
.200 |
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| Totals |
29 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
1 |
18 |
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| Batting |
| 2B – M Brantley (4, J Norberto); S Choo (3, J Blevins); J Hannahan (2, G Godfrey). |
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| S – J Kipnis. |
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| SF – J Hannahan. |
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| RBI – S Choo (9), J Hannahan 3 (11). |
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| 2-out RBI – J Hannahan 2. |
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| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – S Duncan 1, A Cunningham 2, J Donald 3. |
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| GIDP – S Choo, C Kotchman. |
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| Team LOB – 11. |
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| Base Running |
| SB – J Kipnis (2, 2nd base off G Godfrey/A Recker). |
| Fielding |
| E – S Duncan (1, field). |
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| DP – 1 (C Kotchman). |
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| Oakland |
|
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
HR |
BB |
K |
SB |
LOB |
Season Avg |
| J. Weeks 2b |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.206 |
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| C. Pennington ss |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.204 |
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| J. Reddick rf |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
.286 |
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| Y. Cespedes cf |
4 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.265 |
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| S. Smith lf |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
.189 |
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| J. Gomes dh |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
.217 |
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| K. Ka’aihue 1b |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
.348 |
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| A. Recker c |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.200 |
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| D. Barton ph |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.167 |
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| K. Suzuki c |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.188 |
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| E. Sogard 3b |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
.167 |
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| Totals |
34 |
3 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
17 |
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| Batting |
| 2B – J Weeks (4, V Pestano); J Reddick (5, U Jimenez). |
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| 3B – J Weeks (1, T Sipp). |
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| HR – J Reddick (2, 3rd inning off U Jimenez 0 on, 2 Out). |
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| RBI – J Reddick (3), Y Cespedes 2 (14). |
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| 2-out RBI – J Reddick. |
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| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out – J Weeks 1, C Pennington 1, J Gomes 1, K Ka’aihue 2, E Sogard 2. |
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| Team LOB – 11. |
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| Base Running |
| CS – S Smith (1, 2nd base by U Jimenez/C Santana). |
| Fielding |
| Outfield assists – S Smith. |
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| DP – 2 (K Ka’aihue-C Pennington-G Godfrey, E Sogard-J Weeks-K Ka’aihue). |
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| Cleveland |
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IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
K |
HR |
WHIP |
Season ERA |
| U. Jimenez (W, 2-0) |
6.0 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1.50 |
4.00 |
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| T. Sipp (H, 3) |
0.1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2.73 |
14.73 |
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| J. Smith (H, 4) |
0.2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1.65 |
2.70 |
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| V. Pestano (H, 3) |
1.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.75 |
2.70 |
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| C. Perez (S, 5) |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.50 |
4.05 |
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| Oakland |
|
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
K |
HR |
WHIP |
Season ERA |
| G. Godfrey (L, 0-3) |
5.0 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
1.38 |
5.06 |
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| J. Blevins |
2.0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.11 |
2.84 |
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| F. De Los Santos |
0.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2.33 |
0.00 |
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| J. Norberto |
2.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1.17 |
3.52 |
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| IBB – C Santana (by J Norberto). |
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| HBP – J Kipnis (by G Godfrey); T Hafner (by G Godfrey). |
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| Pitches-strikes – U Jimenez 107-61; T Sipp 11-5; J Smith 20-12; V Pestano 11-9; C Perez 17-11; G Godfrey 93-53; J Blevins 33-17; F De Los Santos 8-2; J Norberto 42-22. |
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| Ground balls-fly balls – U Jimenez 7-5; T Sipp 0-1; J Smith 1-0; V Pestano 1-1; C Perez 0-2; G Godfrey 2-6; J Blevins 2-1; F De Los Santos 1-0; J Norberto 3-0. |
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| Batters faced – U Jimenez 27; T Sipp 3; J Smith 4; V Pestano 4; C Perez 3; G Godfrey 24; J Blevins 7; F De Los Santos 2; J Norberto 9. |
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| Game Details |
Umpires: HP–Derryl Cousins. 1B–Alan Porter. 2B–Ron Kulpa. 3B–Jim Wolf.
Weather: 67 degrees, clear.
Wind: 5 mph, out to right. |
3 Comments
Why would they ever want to play another home game at this rate?
Hannahan is basically our savior. As much as I appreciate it we can’t keep relying on him to win games. We need other players (I’m looking at you, top to middle of the order) to step up in clutch situations.
Ubaldo with 5 walks and 3 strikeouts, yikes!