Cleveland 10, Tampa Bay 6
When: 7:10 PM ET, Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Dan Iassogna, 1B -
CB Bucknor, 2B -
Mark Wegner, 3B -
Dale Scott
Attendance:
15143
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Indians 10, Rays 6: Carlos Santana’s three-run homer - Cleveland's fifth straight hit with two outs - capped a five-run seventh inning as the visiting Indians rallied from a 4-0 deficit.
Santana finished with four RBIs while Asdrubal Cabrera broke out of a 2-for-29 slump by going 3-for-5 as Cleveland finished with 14 hits and won for only the fourth time in 44 games when trailing after six innings.
Esmil Rogers (1-2), who got out of a bases loaded jam in the fifth in relief of Justin Masterson, pitched 1 2/3 shutout innings and struck out three to earn his first victory with the Indians, who won despite issuing 10 walks.
Elliott Johnson had two hits and two RBIs, Luke Scott went 4-for-4 and Desmond Jennings added three hits and two RBIs for Tampa Bay.
With two outs in the seventh inning and the Indians trailing 4-3, consecutive singles by Shin-Soo Choo, Cabrera, Jason Kipnis and Michael Brantley put Cleveland in front 5-4 before Santana drove a 2-0 pitch from Jake McGee over the center field wall.
Kyle Farnsworth (0-2), who allowed the first two hits in the seventh, took the loss. Rays starter Jeremy Hellickson remained winless in his last nine starts. He allowed three runs and five hits in six innings.
The Indians scored three runs in the fifth inning. Hellickson issued a leadoff walk to Santana, and with two outs, hit former teammate Casey Kotchman with a pitch. Jack Hannahan followed with a two-run double and Choo delivered an RBI single.
Masterson allowed four runs, seven hits and walked seven in 4 1/3 innings.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon was ejected by home plate umpire Dan Iassogna following Kipnis’ hit in the seventh inning for arguing balls and strikes. … Masterson is 1-7 with a 7.74 ERA against the Rays, including 0-4, 8.44 mark at Tropicana Field. … The Rays entered the game leading the major leagues with a .357 average with the bases loaded, but went 0-for-4 in that situation Wednesday. … Tampa Bay’s bullpen had allowed only one run in 18 1/3 innings before allowing seven in three innings Wednesday. … Cleveland, 3-for-17 with runners in scoring position in the first two games of the series, went 7-for-12 on Wednesday. ... The Indians won for only the fourth time in their last 14 games at Tropicana Field. ... Cleveland's Vinnie Pestano record his major league-leading 26th hold.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Cleveland |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Justin Masterson |
Player |
Jeremy Hellickson |
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
4.1 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
1 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
|
7 |
Hits |
5 |
|
8.31 |
ERA |
4.50 |
Hitting
| Cleveland |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Asdrubal Cabrera | Player |
Luke Scott |
|
3 |
Hits |
4 |
|
0 |
RBI |
1 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
4 |
TB |
5 |
|
.600 |
Avg |
1.000 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Cleveland
|
14 |
1 |
21 |
.350 |
11 |
4 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Tampa Bay
|
10 |
0 |
11 |
.294 |
29 |
5 |
6 |
10 |
4 |
0 |
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