Cleveland 13, Detroit 1
When: 7:08 PM ET, Friday, April 24, 2015
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature:
52°
Umpires:
Home -
Marvin Hudson, 1B -
Chad Fairchild, 2B -
Jim Joyce, 3B -
Greg Gibson
Attendance:
28192
By The Sports Xchange
DETROIT -- Brandon Moss drove in seven runs -- five with a pair of home runs plus two with a double -- and Danny Salazar struck out a career-best 11 batters in seven innings Friday night to help the Cleveland Indians overpower Detroit, 13-1, and hand the skidding Tigers their fourth straight loss.
The right-handed Salazar (2-0) allowed six hits and walked three in his second start since being recalled from the minors. Right-handers Scott Atchison and Anthony Swarzak worked the eighth and ninth, respectively.
Detroit reliever Al Alburquerque gave up a pair of two-run home runs, one to third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall in the eighth and Moss’ second home run of the game in the ninth.
Detroit scored 25 runs in a three-game sweep of Cleveland April 10-12 but has scored just 31 in 11 games since.
The Indians packed their lineup with left-handers against right-hander Shane Greene (3-1) and southpaws are now swinging at a .285 (61-for-214) clip off him.
Greene retired the first two batters he faced on comebackers but gave up a single, a walk and then a two-run double to Indians right fielder Moss to stake Salazar to a 2-0 lead.
A double in the second plus a sacrifice and sacrifice fly by shortstop Jose Ramirez made it 3-0.
Detroit third baseman Nick Castellanos knocked the margin down to 3-1 with a solo home run in the bottom of the second, but Cleveland torched Greene for five runs in the fifth to knock him out without retiring a batter.
Ramirez singled, center fielder Michael Bourn walked, second baseman Jason Kipnis bunted for a single, left fielder Michael Brantley singled in one run and first baseman Carlos Santana doubled home two.
Newly recalled right-hander Alex Wilson was greeted by Moss' three-run home run on his first pitch. It was the second home run this year for Moss.
NOTES: INF/OF Zach Walters (right oblique strain) was activated off Cleveland's disabled list Friday and optioned to Triple-A Columbus, where he was two games into a rehab assignment. ... Cleveland 1B/OF Nick Swisher (knee surgery) was to begin a rehab assignment with Columbus. "We'll see where he is Monday and map out a plan then," manager Terry Francona said. ... Tigers manager Brad Ausmus and several players went to watch the Detroit Red Wings' playoff game Thursday after the Tigers' 2-1 loss to the New York Yankees. The Red Wings were ahead 2-0 late in the third period when Ausmus left but eventually dropped a 3-2 overtime decision to the Tampa Bay Lightning. "Plenty of other people were leaving with seven minutes to go," Ausmus said, "so don't try to blame it on me."
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Cleveland |
|
Detroit |
|
Danny Salazar
|
Player |
Shane Greene |
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
7.0 |
IP |
4.0 |
|
11 |
Strikeouts |
1 |
|
6 |
Hits |
9 |
|
1.29 |
ERA |
18.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Cleveland
|
15 |
3 |
28 |
.395 |
9 |
3 |
13 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Detroit
|
8 |
1 |
11 |
.229 |
18 |
13 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
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