Cleveland 9, Detroit 5
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, April 29, 2011
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature:
51°
Umpires:
Home -
Mike DiMuro, 1B -
Andy Fletcher, 2B -
Tim Welke, 3B -
Jim Reynolds
Attendance:
15568
By SportsDirect Inc.
Carlos Santana hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Cleveland Indians rallied to defeat the Detroit Tigers 9-5 on Friday night for their 11th consecutive victory at home.
Asdrubal Cabrera smacked a two-run home run and Shelley Duncan had two hits and two RBIs to help the Indians extend their winning streak to four games.
Cleveland erased a pair of three-run deficits before Santana connected off Joaquin Benoit (0-1) to send the Tigers to their fourth consecutive defeat overall and ninth straight loss at Progressive Field.
Chris Perez (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninth and Matt LaPorta added a solo homer for the Indians.
Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer and Alex Avila went 2-for-2 with a pair of sacrifice flies for the Detroit, which held leads of 3-0 and 5-2.
Detroit starter Matt Scherzer allowed five runs on six hits and five walks in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out seven. Indians starter Jeanmar Gomez was tagged for three runs on 10 hits in 5 2/3 innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Detroit |
|
Cleveland |
|
Max Scherzer
|
Player |
Jeanmar Gomez
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
6.2 |
IP |
5.2 |
|
7 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
|
6 |
Hits |
10 |
|
6.75 |
ERA |
4.76 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Detroit
|
13 |
1 |
19 |
.333 |
22 |
8 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Cleveland
|
11 |
3 |
20 |
.324 |
14 |
9 |
9 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
For more information, contact us