MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
CLEVELAND INDIANS AT TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS
08/31/2017
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
CLEVELAND INDIANS AT TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS
GAME ID: 999 - THURSDAY, AUGUST 31ST , 2017 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland Indians (104-40) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 8 13 0
Tampa Bay Devil Rays (47-97) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
Indians Beat Devil Rays, 8-2
Starting pitcher Jon Lester fulfilled his part of the bargain, helping the Cleveland Indians stymie the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 8-2. The winner was Lester. He threw 7.1 innings allowing 2 runs. The loser was Kyle Freeland. Mat Latos collected save number 1.

Cleveland took control in the top of the seventh. With one out and runners on 1st and 3rd, Manny Machado hit a run-scoring single to make it 3-2, Indians.

Said losing manager : "Give the Indians credit. They took advantage of our mistakes."

The Indians lead the AL Central Division by 20 games.
CLEVELAND BATTING LINESCORE TAMPA BAY BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
O. Albies 2B 4 1 1 3 0 0 4 .379 25 82
M. Machado 3B 4 2 2 2 1 0 1 .272 23 100
A. Jackson RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 .391 36 121
M. Smith LF, CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .286 4 39
C. Blackmon DH 5 0 1 2 0 0 2 .291 21 89
D. Pedroia 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .288 3 25
   b-D. Murphy 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .283 10 59
J. Realmuto C 4 2 2 0 0 2 1 .270 22 77
K. Kiermaier CF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .292 19 73
   a-R. Grichuk PH, LF 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 .289 20 71
A. Simmons SS 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 .312 8 55
Totals 38 8 13 8 3 3 18      
a - R. Grichuk pinch hit for K. Kiermaier in the 7th
b - D. Murphy substituted for D. Pedroia in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: K. Kiermaier (33, 3rd Inning off K. Freeland, 0 on, 0 outs) , A. Simmons (31, 9th Inning off J. Gant, 2 on, 0 outs)
Triples: O. Albies (4, 9th Inning off J. Gant, 2 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: O. Albies 3 , M. Machado 2 , A. Jackson , M. Smith , C. Blackmon , D. Pedroia , J. Realmuto 2 , K. Kiermaier 2 , R. Grichuk , A. Simmons 3
2-out RBI: C. Blackmon
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: O. Albies , M. Machado , D. Pedroia
GIDP: A. Jackson
Sac Fly: O. Albies
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: A. Simmons (5)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
C. Taylor 2B 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .217 9 27
A. Hechavarría SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .240 5 34
M. Cabrera LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .256 12 50
C. Frazier RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .256 5 38
Y. Solarte 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .214 5 35
E. Hernández CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .219 24 74
J. Castro C 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .250 6 29
M. Young 1B 3 1 1 0 0 2 3 .254 9 41
M. Wieters DH 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 .188 10 32
Totals 34 2 7 2 0 9 9      
BATTING
Doubles: E. Hernández (23, 2nd Inning off J. Lester, 0 on, 2 outs) , M. Wieters (14, 5th Inning off J. Lester, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: A. Hechavarría , Y. Solarte , E. Hernández 2 , J. Castro 2 , M. Young , M. Wieters 2
2-out RBI: J. Castro , M. Wieters
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: C. Taylor , M. Wieters
Team LOB: 5

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Hechavarría-Taylor-Young)
PB: J. Castro
CLEVELAND PITCHING LINESCORE TAMPA BAY PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Lester W (14-5) 7.1 7 2 2 0 9 0 101 3.05   
M. Latos SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 5.05   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Lester 65
Batters Faced: J. Lester 29, M. Latos 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Lester 7-6, M. Latos 3-2
Pitches - Strikes: J. Lester 101-68, M. Latos 13-8
Inherited Runners - Scored: M. Latos 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
K. Freeland L (5-14) 6.0 7 3 3 1 2 0 90 4.53   
J. Spence BS (6) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 3.51   
I. Krol 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 2.88   
J. Gant 0.0 3 4 4 1 0 0 18 9.53   
J. Nelson 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 15 4.81   
PITCHING
Game Score: K. Freeland 47
Batters Faced: K. Freeland 26, J. Spence 4, I. Krol 3, J. Gant 4, J. Nelson 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: K. Freeland 9-7, J. Spence 1-1, I. Krol 1-1, J. Gant 0-0, J. Nelson 1-2
Pitches - Strikes: K. Freeland 90-57, J. Spence 16-7, I. Krol 13-8, J. Gant 18-9, J. Nelson 15-9
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Spence 2-2 , J. Nelson 1-1
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Jon Lester
Ballpark: Tropicana Field
Start Time: 7:05 PM ET
Time: 3:12
Attendance: 17843
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