Tigers put on hold Indian night

The victory ended a 10-game losing streak at Progressive Field for the Tigers, which began last September.

The Indians had just equalized at the end of the sixth inning when rookie Dawel Lugo doubled reliever Adam Cimber to start seventh and took third place after a sacrifice from Pete Kozma.

Indian Manager Terry Francona has called on All-Star reliever Andrew Miller, making his third appearance since being dropped from the list of disabled people.

Candelario hit his first shot off the left-field wall to break the tie.

After Christin Stewart was safe from the choice of a defensive player – Candelario was eliminated in third – Nick Castellanos, who produced his 51st game of the year, walked.

This paved the way for Victor Martinez. Playing his last series at Progressive Field, where his career began with the Indians in 2002, Martinez beat a double to score Stewart.

In 472 games before his two hits on Friday, Martinez had hit .296 / .377 / .453 with a .830 OPS, with 51 homers and 288 RBIs at Progressive.

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The Tigers gave the lead to rookie rookie Spencer Turnbull, who, in his Major League debut, put the Indians at bay in the seventh inning.

With a fastball that sounded at 95-96 mph, Turnbull, who should take a start or two in the last few weeks, eliminated Yan Gomes and escaped Jason Kipnis and Francisco Lindor.

The Tigers stole the fifth inning. More precisely, JaCoby Jones has stolen it. He beat a single infield and stole the second one. Forward Neil Ramirez eliminated Lugo, but the ball went past receivers Gomes.

Jones accelerated in third and did not stop when Gomes threw in first to complete the withdrawal. Jones slipped around the tag attempt by Ramirez.

This has turned out to be a valuable race.

After Joe Jimenez came out twice in an eighth inning, the Indians put the runners at the corners without any withdrawal against Shane Greene.

The sacrifice of Melky Cabrera flies deep into the central field to reduce the lead to 5-3.

A simple ground ball on the right by Gomes put the passes tied on the base. The former tiger Rajai Davis ran for Gomes early.

Kipnis first hit what looked like a double-pitch, but Ronny Rodriguez filled it. He was the first to cross the starting line and Davis was second with the draw.

This brought Lindor. With left hand hitting Michael Brantley on the bridge, the Tigers chose to pitch at Lindor.

Greene allowed Lindor to fly right, winning his 29th stop.

The first five rounds of this game belonged to Matthew Boyd. He allowed one strike and seven strikeouts and took a 2-0 lead in the sixth.

But the Indians are nothing but explosive. And with an outing in sixth, Edwin Encarnacion and Josh Donaldson each sent Boyd's fastballs into the left-wing seats.

Encarnacion hit a fast first-ball ball, Donaldson a fast 3-0 ball – both read 91 mph on the radar gun and both were in the top and above the plate.

These two shots tainted what had been a solid Boyd outing. It was the eighth start in his last 11 years where he allowed three points or less. And in eight career starts against the powerful Indian attack, he has only once awarded more than three points.

That was the last time he pitched at Progressive Field on June 24, when the Indians beat him for six runs in three sets.

Boyd said it was going to be different tonight in the first run. After Lindor triumphed and took third place after left-winger Stewart shot the ball (two-goal error), Boyd stuck it there.

He scratched Brantley (looking), Encarnacion (swinging) and Donaldson (looking).

Candelario allowed the Tigers to go third among the Indians, Josh Tomlin, at 422 feet into the right field. It was the fourth home run run.

The doubles of Jim Adduci and Jones led the score to 2-0 in the fourth inning.