PHOENIX -- A year ago, it took the Arizona Diamondbacks 22 tries, until May 16, to win six home games.
This year they did it in the first week of the season.
Patrick Corbin threw six scoreless innings, Chris Owings homered and had three hits and the Diamondbacks completed a three-game sweep of the Cleveland Indians with a 3-2 victory Sunday.
The win improved the Diamondbacks to 6-1, matching the best seven-game start in franchise history, set in 2000.
Arizona went 3-1 against San Francisco in the season-opening series before sweeping the reigning AL champs.
"We had two quality teams come in here and we won a lot of games," first-year manager Torey Lovullo said, "and that should speak for itself."
Cleveland's Corey Kluber (0-1) scattered eight hits in six innings, allowing three runs, two earned. Kluber said he felt some tightness in his back but nothing serious, and he said it was a better performance than he had in the season opener in Texas, even if the outcome wasn't.
Indians manager Terry Francona said he didn't think being swept means a whole lot this early in the season.
"I know it is really early in the year but we feel like we have been away from home a really long time," he said. "We will just go back home tomorrow and get the Central going and go play some ball games."
Corbin (1-1) had the only Arizona loss in the season-opening homestand. He gave up four hits, struck out three and walked two on Sunday.
"To sweep them, I mean, they're a very good team," Corbin said. "We know how talented they are, and to do that is pretty special."
The Indians' loaded lineup managed just seven runs in the series, and both their runs Sunday were unearned.
Fernando Rodney earned his second save in a dramatic ninth. With Cleveland down 3-1, Yan Gomes reached on third baseman Jake Lamb's throwing error and scored on Abraham Almonte's one-out single. Carlos Santana nearly gave Cleveland the lead when he flew out to the wall in front of the swimming pool in right field.
Rodney fanned Francisco Lindor to end the game.
Corbin retired the first seven batters before Austin Jackson's one-out double into the right field corner in the third.
Arizona broke through with three consecutive two-out singles in the fourth.
David Descalso slapped an opposite-field hit between third and short to bring home Jake Lamb for the first run. Owings tried to steal third and scored when catcher Gomes threw the ball into left field to make it 2-0.
Owings' first homer of the season, on Kluber's 0-2 pitch with one out in the sixth, boosted the Diamondbacks' lead to 3 -0.
"We're still laying that foundation," Lovullo said. "You'll probably hear me say it all year long. We're not onto our second brick yet. We are still laying brick No. 1 of this foundation. We still have a long way to go."
WILD SEVENTH
The Indians scored in a challenging seventh inning.
Yandy Diaz led off with a single off reliever Andrew Chafin and took second when Gomes walked. Jackson grounded to second baseman Brandon Drury for what looked to be a double play. Drury flipped the ball high to Owings, who threw wildly to first for an error. Francona challenged that Owings didn't touch second and after a review, the call was changed, leaving runners at first and second and no outs.
Pinch-hitter Michael Martinez followed with a bunt and new reliever Archie Bradley threw a hard one-hopper to first, where Paul Goldschmidt gathered it in. But first base umpire John Trumpane ruled Goldschmidt was pulled off the bag. Lovullo challenged and the call was reversed.
In all, there were three challenges in the inning.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Indians: OF Michael Brantley had a scheduled day off as the Indians work to keep him fresh after he missed most of last season following shoulder surgery.
UP NEXT
Indians: Cleveland plays its home opener Tuesday night against the Chicago White Sox with RHP Carlos Carrasco (1-0, 3.18 ERA) getting the start against RHP James Shields (1-0, 1.69 ERA).
Diamondbacks: Arizona opens a 10-game road trip, all against NL West foes, at San Francisco on Monday night. Taijuan Walker (1-0, 6.00 ERA) starts for the Diamondbacks against LHP Matt Moore (0-1, 5.06).
Cleveland Indians
This year they did it in the first week of the season.
Patrick Corbin threw six scoreless innings, Chris Owings homered and had three hits and the Diamondbacks completed a three-game sweep of the Cleveland Indians with a 3-2 victory Sunday.
The win improved the Diamondbacks to 6-1, matching the best seven-game start in franchise history, set in 2000.
Arizona went 3-1 against San Francisco in the season-opening series before sweeping the reigning AL champs.
"We had two quality teams come in here and we won a lot of games," first-year manager Torey Lovullo said, "and that should speak for itself."
Cleveland's Corey Kluber (0-1) scattered eight hits in six innings, allowing three runs, two earned. Kluber said he felt some tightness in his back but nothing serious, and he said it was a better performance than he had in the season opener in Texas, even if the outcome wasn't.
Indians manager Terry Francona said he didn't think being swept means a whole lot this early in the season.
"I know it is really early in the year but we feel like we have been away from home a really long time," he said. "We will just go back home tomorrow and get the Central going and go play some ball games."
Corbin (1-1) had the only Arizona loss in the season-opening homestand. He gave up four hits, struck out three and walked two on Sunday.
"To sweep them, I mean, they're a very good team," Corbin said. "We know how talented they are, and to do that is pretty special."
The Indians' loaded lineup managed just seven runs in the series, and both their runs Sunday were unearned.
Fernando Rodney earned his second save in a dramatic ninth. With Cleveland down 3-1, Yan Gomes reached on third baseman Jake Lamb's throwing error and scored on Abraham Almonte's one-out single. Carlos Santana nearly gave Cleveland the lead when he flew out to the wall in front of the swimming pool in right field.
Rodney fanned Francisco Lindor to end the game.
Corbin retired the first seven batters before Austin Jackson's one-out double into the right field corner in the third.
Arizona broke through with three consecutive two-out singles in the fourth.
David Descalso slapped an opposite-field hit between third and short to bring home Jake Lamb for the first run. Owings tried to steal third and scored when catcher Gomes threw the ball into left field to make it 2-0.
Owings' first homer of the season, on Kluber's 0-2 pitch with one out in the sixth, boosted the Diamondbacks' lead to 3 -0.
"We're still laying that foundation," Lovullo said. "You'll probably hear me say it all year long. We're not onto our second brick yet. We are still laying brick No. 1 of this foundation. We still have a long way to go."
WILD SEVENTH
The Indians scored in a challenging seventh inning.
Yandy Diaz led off with a single off reliever Andrew Chafin and took second when Gomes walked. Jackson grounded to second baseman Brandon Drury for what looked to be a double play. Drury flipped the ball high to Owings, who threw wildly to first for an error. Francona challenged that Owings didn't touch second and after a review, the call was changed, leaving runners at first and second and no outs.
Pinch-hitter Michael Martinez followed with a bunt and new reliever Archie Bradley threw a hard one-hopper to first, where Paul Goldschmidt gathered it in. But first base umpire John Trumpane ruled Goldschmidt was pulled off the bag. Lovullo challenged and the call was reversed.
In all, there were three challenges in the inning.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Indians: OF Michael Brantley had a scheduled day off as the Indians work to keep him fresh after he missed most of last season following shoulder surgery.
UP NEXT
Indians: Cleveland plays its home opener Tuesday night against the Chicago White Sox with RHP Carlos Carrasco (1-0, 3.18 ERA) getting the start against RHP James Shields (1-0, 1.69 ERA).
Diamondbacks: Arizona opens a 10-game road trip, all against NL West foes, at San Francisco on Monday night. Taijuan Walker (1-0, 6.00 ERA) starts for the Diamondbacks against LHP Matt Moore (0-1, 5.06).
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Cleveland - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | CLE | ARI |
| Santana grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Lindor struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Guyer flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Corey Kluber pitching for Cleveland | CLE | ARI |
| Pollock lined out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Peralta popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt singled to shallow center. | 0 | 0 |
| Lamb grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | CLE | ARI |
| Encarnación struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Ramírez grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Díaz grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Corey Kluber pitching for Cleveland | CLE | ARI |
| Owings grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Descalso popped out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Drury struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | CLE | ARI |
| Gomes grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson doubled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Kluber flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Santana grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Corey Kluber pitching for Cleveland | CLE | ARI |
| Herrmann flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Corbin struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Pollock flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | CLE | ARI |
| Lindor singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Guyer popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Encarnación walked, Lindor to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Ramírez grounded into fielder's choice to second, Encarnación out at second, Lindor to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Díaz grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Corey Kluber pitching for Cleveland | CLE | ARI |
| Peralta flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Lamb singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Owings singled to shallow right, Lamb to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Descalso singled to shallow left, Lamb scored, Owings to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Owings stole third, Descalso stole second, Owings scored, Descalso safe at third on throwing error by catcher Gomes. | 0 | 2 |
| Drury walked. | 0 | 2 |
| Herrmann grounded out to first. | 0 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | CLE | ARI |
| Gomes walked. | 0 | 2 |
| Jackson struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Kluber singled to center, Gomes to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Santana grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Kluber out at second. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Corey Kluber pitching for Cleveland | CLE | ARI |
| Corbin grounded out to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Pollock flied out to right. | 0 | 2 |
| Peralta singled to right. | 0 | 2 |
| Peralta stole second. | 0 | 2 |
| Goldschmidt lined out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | CLE | ARI |
| Lindor popped out to first. | 0 | 2 |
| Guyer flied out to right. | 0 | 2 |
| Encarnación singled to deep left. | 0 | 2 |
| Ramírez flied out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Corey Kluber pitching for Cleveland | CLE | ARI |
| Lamb struck out looking. | 0 | 2 |
| Owings homered to left (394 feet). | 0 | 3 |
| Descalso popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 3 |
| Drury grounded out to third. | 0 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Chafin pitching for Arizona | CLE | ARI |
| Chafin relieved Corbin. | 0 | 3 |
| Díaz singled to center. | 0 | 3 |
| Díaz to second on wild pitch by Chafin. | 0 | 3 |
| Gomes walked. | 0 | 3 |
| Jackson reached on a force attempt, Díaz safe at third, Gomes safe at second, Díaz scored on error by shortstop Owings. | 1 | 3 |
| Bradley relieved Chafin. | 1 | 3 |
| Hazelbaker in left field. | 1 | 3 |
| Martínez hit for Kluber. | 1 | 3 |
| Martínez sacrificed to pitcher, Gomes to third, Jackson to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Santana popped out to second. | 1 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 2 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Miller pitching for Cleveland | CLE | ARI |
| Miller relieved Kluber. | 1 | 3 |
| Herrmann flied out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| Hazelbaker struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| Pollock struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Archie Bradley pitching for Arizona | CLE | ARI |
| Naquin hit for Guyer. | 1 | 3 |
| Naquin struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| Encarnación singled to center. | 1 | 3 |
| Ramírez popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| Díaz grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Miller pitching for Cleveland | CLE | ARI |
| Naquin in center field. | 1 | 3 |
| Jackson in left field. | 1 | 3 |
| Peralta flied out to left. | 1 | 3 |
| Allen relieved Miller. | 1 | 3 |
| Jackson in center field. | 1 | 3 |
| Almonte in left field. | 1 | 3 |
| Allen relieved Miller. | 1 | 3 |
| Jackson in center field. | 1 | 3 |
| Almonte in left field. | 1 | 3 |
| Goldschmidt doubled to deep center. | 1 | 3 |
| Lamb flied out to left. | 1 | 3 |
| Owings reached on infield single to shortstop, Goldschmidt to third. | 1 | 3 |
| Iannetta hit for Bradley. | 1 | 3 |
| Owings stole second. | 1 | 3 |
| Iannetta popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Fernando Rodney pitching for Arizona | CLE | ARI |
| Rodney relieved Bradley. | 1 | 3 |
| Gomes safe at second on throwing error by third baseman Lamb. | 1 | 3 |
| Jackson grounded out to shortstop, Gomes to third. | 1 | 3 |
| Almonte singled to left, Gomes scored. | 2 | 3 |
| Santana flied out to right. | 2 | 3 |
| Lindor struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Error | ||
Cleveland Indians
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santana RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .269 | .345 | .500 |
| Lindor SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .292 | .357 | .708 |
| Guyer LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .222 | .300 | .222 |
b-Naquin PH-CF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .308 | .357 | .385 |
Allen P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Encarnación 1B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .217 | .308 | .391 |
| Ramírez 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .182 | .250 | .364 |
| Díaz 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .217 | .250 | .261 |
| Gomes C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | .071 | .235 | .071 |
| Jackson CF-LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .273 | .273 | .364 |
| Kluber P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
a-Martínez PH
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Miller P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Almonte LF
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .500 | .250 |
| Totals | 34 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 152 | |||
| a-sacrificed to pitcher for C Kluber in the 7th b-struck out swinging for B Guyer in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Jackson (1, Corbin) RBI: Almonte (2) S: Martínez GIDP: Santana Indians RISP: 1-10 (Kluber 0-1, Santana 0-3, Ramírez 0-1, Jackson 0-2, Díaz 0-1, Lindor 0-1, Almonte 1-1) Team LOB: 9 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Gomes (1, throw) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ |
| Attendance | 30,191 (62.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:02 |
| Weather | 75 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 5 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Lance Barksdale, First Base - John Tumpane, Second Base - Ted Barrett, Third Base - Angel Hernandez |
No comments:
Post a Comment