CLEVELAND -- If there's one ballpark Detroit doesn't mind visiting it is Progressive Field.
It's become a home away from home for the Tigers.
Yoenis Cespedes drove in three runs, Miguel Cabrera reached base four times and the Tigers continued to push Cleveland around, beating the Indians 8-5 on Monday night.
Cespedes hit an RBI double off Trevor Bauer (6-4) in the first inning, homered in the third and added a sacrifice fly in Detroit's four-run fourth as the Tigers improved to 8-2 against the Indians this season -- 4-0 in Cleveland -- and 34-14 since the start of 2013.
Detroit has won 15 of the last 18 against Cleveland and improved to 19-5 in the Indians' downtown home the past three seasons. The Tigers are 10-1 in their past 11 games on the corner of Carnegie and Ontario.
"We know we're not going to go 162-0, but mentally, maybe, we feel more comfortable in this park," Tigers designated hitter Victor Martinez said. "I don't know, honestly, why everyone seems to like to hit here. I guess it's just one of those things in baseball that you can't really explain."
Cabrera walked twice, once with the bases loaded, singled twice and remained a mystery to Cleveland pitchers. He's batting .649 (24 of 37) with five homers and 16 RBI against the Indians this year.
Martinez followed the fourth-inning walk to Cabrera with a two-run single to make it 6-3.
Blaine Hardy (3-1) replaced starter Kyle Ryan in the fourth and pitched 2 1/3 hitless innings.
Detroit manager Brad Ausmus was reluctant to discuss his team's dominance against the Indians.
"I really can't answer that," he said. "I wasn't here for (one) of those seasons, so I'm not sure why it's been that way. We just seem to play well against them."
Jason Kipnis had two RBI, and David Murphy and Roberto Perez homered for the Indians.
The Tigers snapped a 3-all tie by scoring four in the fourth to chase Bauer, who matched a career worst by allowing seven runs and nine hits in three-plus innings. The quirky right-hander was coming off a strong outing against the Cubs, but struggled with an unrelenting lineup that has few holes.
Detroit loaded the bases on two singles and a walk, bringing up the dangerous Cabrera.
"He spooks me," said Indians manager Terry Francona, who joked before the game that he has even wiggled his fingers at the slugger, trying to hex him at the plate. "I've tried everything."
Bauer pitched around Cabrera, walking him to force in the go-ahead run. Martinez followed with his single to put the Tigers ahead by three. Bauer, who managed to avoid major trouble in the first two innings, was pulled and Cespedes hit a sacrifice fly off Jeff Manship.
Bauer wasn't happy with his outing, but thought the Tigers were fortunate to get a few of their hits.
"At some point, balls that are bloops are going to fall and they all just seemed to fall tonight," he said. "I think of the nine hits off me, two were hit hard."
After scoring three total runs in their three previous games, the inconsistent Indians scored three in the third to tie it at 3 on Kipnis' two-run double and Michael Brantley's RBI single.
Kipnis extended his hitting streak to a career-high 17 games. He has hit safely in 26 straight at home.
Cespedes put the Tigers up 3-0 with his 10th homer, a leadoff line drive that barely cleared the wall in right-center.
MOVING ON UP
Cabrera has taken a 1.3 million-vote lead over Kansas City's Eric Hosmer in All-Star balloting at first base. Cabrera's vote total of 9,342,149 is second overall in the AL to Royals C Salvador Perez's 10,199,151. "I even voted once for Miggy yesterday," Ausmus cracked. "If he finishes one vote ahead of Hosmer, you guys better remember that."
CENTRAL CASTING
The Tigers are 23-12 against the AL Central.
THREE FOR ALL
Tigers 3B Andrew Romine went 1 for 4 with a run and RBI in his third straight start for Nick Castellanos, who is batting .215 over his last 35 games.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Tigers: C Alex Avila (left knee), on the disabled list since May 8, is traveling with the team. Ausmus said Avila could begin a rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Toledo on Thursday.
UP NEXT
Tigers: LHP David Price tossed a seven-hitter in a 4-0 victory over the Indians on June 12. The four-time AL All-Star is 8-1 with a 2.11 ERA in 11 career starts against Cleveland, striking out 74 in 72 2/3 innings.
Indians: RHP Danny Salazar tries to remain unbeaten this season at Progressive Field, where he is 3-0 with a 3.26 ERA in five starts. He took a no-decision in his previous outing against the Cubs last Thursday.
It's become a home away from home for the Tigers.
Yoenis Cespedes drove in three runs, Miguel Cabrera reached base four times and the Tigers continued to push Cleveland around, beating the Indians 8-5 on Monday night.
Cespedes hit an RBI double off Trevor Bauer (6-4) in the first inning, homered in the third and added a sacrifice fly in Detroit's four-run fourth as the Tigers improved to 8-2 against the Indians this season -- 4-0 in Cleveland -- and 34-14 since the start of 2013.
Detroit has won 15 of the last 18 against Cleveland and improved to 19-5 in the Indians' downtown home the past three seasons. The Tigers are 10-1 in their past 11 games on the corner of Carnegie and Ontario.
"We know we're not going to go 162-0, but mentally, maybe, we feel more comfortable in this park," Tigers designated hitter Victor Martinez said. "I don't know, honestly, why everyone seems to like to hit here. I guess it's just one of those things in baseball that you can't really explain."
Cabrera walked twice, once with the bases loaded, singled twice and remained a mystery to Cleveland pitchers. He's batting .649 (24 of 37) with five homers and 16 RBI against the Indians this year.
Martinez followed the fourth-inning walk to Cabrera with a two-run single to make it 6-3.
Blaine Hardy (3-1) replaced starter Kyle Ryan in the fourth and pitched 2 1/3 hitless innings.
Detroit manager Brad Ausmus was reluctant to discuss his team's dominance against the Indians.
"I really can't answer that," he said. "I wasn't here for (one) of those seasons, so I'm not sure why it's been that way. We just seem to play well against them."
Jason Kipnis had two RBI, and David Murphy and Roberto Perez homered for the Indians.
The Tigers snapped a 3-all tie by scoring four in the fourth to chase Bauer, who matched a career worst by allowing seven runs and nine hits in three-plus innings. The quirky right-hander was coming off a strong outing against the Cubs, but struggled with an unrelenting lineup that has few holes.
Detroit loaded the bases on two singles and a walk, bringing up the dangerous Cabrera.
"He spooks me," said Indians manager Terry Francona, who joked before the game that he has even wiggled his fingers at the slugger, trying to hex him at the plate. "I've tried everything."
Bauer pitched around Cabrera, walking him to force in the go-ahead run. Martinez followed with his single to put the Tigers ahead by three. Bauer, who managed to avoid major trouble in the first two innings, was pulled and Cespedes hit a sacrifice fly off Jeff Manship.
Bauer wasn't happy with his outing, but thought the Tigers were fortunate to get a few of their hits.
"At some point, balls that are bloops are going to fall and they all just seemed to fall tonight," he said. "I think of the nine hits off me, two were hit hard."
After scoring three total runs in their three previous games, the inconsistent Indians scored three in the third to tie it at 3 on Kipnis' two-run double and Michael Brantley's RBI single.
Kipnis extended his hitting streak to a career-high 17 games. He has hit safely in 26 straight at home.
Cespedes put the Tigers up 3-0 with his 10th homer, a leadoff line drive that barely cleared the wall in right-center.
MOVING ON UP
Cabrera has taken a 1.3 million-vote lead over Kansas City's Eric Hosmer in All-Star balloting at first base. Cabrera's vote total of 9,342,149 is second overall in the AL to Royals C Salvador Perez's 10,199,151. "I even voted once for Miggy yesterday," Ausmus cracked. "If he finishes one vote ahead of Hosmer, you guys better remember that."
CENTRAL CASTING
The Tigers are 23-12 against the AL Central.
THREE FOR ALL
Tigers 3B Andrew Romine went 1 for 4 with a run and RBI in his third straight start for Nick Castellanos, who is batting .215 over his last 35 games.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Tigers: C Alex Avila (left knee), on the disabled list since May 8, is traveling with the team. Ausmus said Avila could begin a rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Toledo on Thursday.
UP NEXT
Tigers: LHP David Price tossed a seven-hitter in a 4-0 victory over the Indians on June 12. The four-time AL All-Star is 8-1 with a 2.11 ERA in 11 career starts against Cleveland, striking out 74 in 72 2/3 innings.
Indians: RHP Danny Salazar tries to remain unbeaten this season at Progressive Field, where he is 3-0 with a 3.26 ERA in five starts. He took a no-decision in his previous outing against the Cubs last Thursday.
7:10PM,EDT,June 22,2015
Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Detroit - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Trevor Bauer pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE |
| Gose lined out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Kinsler singled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Cabrera singled to center, Kinsler to third. | 0 | 0 |
| V. Martínez lined out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Céspedes hit a ground rule double to deep right, Kinsler scored, Cabrera to third. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Kyle Ryan pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE |
| Kipnis grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 0 |
| Lindor reached on infield single to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Brantley fouled out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Raburn grounded into fielder's choice to third, Lindor out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Trevor Bauer pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE |
| Romine hit a ground rule double to right. | 1 | 0 |
| Iglesias reached on infield single to shortstop, Romine to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Gose flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Kinsler grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Romine scored, Iglesias out at second. | 2 | 0 |
| Cabrera walked, Kinsler to second. | 2 | 0 |
| V. Martínez struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Kyle Ryan pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE |
| Santana grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Aviles grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Moss flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Trevor Bauer pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE |
| Céspedes homered to right center (400 feet). | 3 | 0 |
| J.D. Martinez grounded out to third. | 3 | 0 |
| McCann struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Romine struck out looking. | 3 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Kyle Ryan pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE |
| Urshela walked. | 3 | 0 |
| Pérez doubled to right, Urshela to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Kipnis doubled to deep right center, Urshela and Pérez scored. | 3 | 2 |
| Lindor sacrificed to catcher, Kipnis to third. | 3 | 2 |
| Brantley singled to center, Kipnis scored. | 3 | 3 |
| Raburn grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Brantley out at second. | 3 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Trevor Bauer pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE |
| Iglesias reached on infield single to first. | 3 | 3 |
| Gose singled to left, Iglesias to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Kinsler walked, Iglesias to third, Gose to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Cabrera walked, Iglesias scored, Gose to third, Kinsler to second. | 4 | 3 |
| V. Martínez singled to right, Gose and Kinsler scored, Cabrera to third. | 6 | 3 |
| Manship relieved Bauer. | 6 | 3 |
| Céspedes hit sacrifice fly to left, Cabrera scored. | 7 | 3 |
| J.D. Martinez struck out swinging. | 7 | 3 |
| McCann lined out to right. | 7 | 3 |
| 4 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Ryan pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE |
| Santana singled to center. | 7 | 3 |
| Aviles grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Santana out at second. | 7 | 3 |
| Moss lined out to right. | 7 | 3 |
| Urshela singled to left, Aviles to second. | 7 | 3 |
| Pérez walked, Aviles to third, Urshela to second. | 7 | 3 |
| Hardy relieved Ryan. | 7 | 3 |
| Kipnis lined out to right. | 7 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jeff Manship pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE |
| Romine grounded out to first. | 7 | 3 |
| Iglesias grounded out to pitcher. | 7 | 3 |
| Gose lined out to shortstop. | 7 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Blaine Hardy pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE |
| Lindor flied out to center. | 7 | 3 |
| Brantley struck out looking. | 7 | 3 |
| Raburn grounded out to third. | 7 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jeff Manship pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE |
| Kinsler singled to right. | 7 | 3 |
| Cabrera grounded into double play, third to second to first, Kinsler out at second. | 7 | 3 |
| V. Martínez grounded out to second. | 7 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Blaine Hardy pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE |
| Santana grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 3 |
| Aviles lined out to third. | 7 | 3 |
| Moss popped out to second. | 7 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Bryan Shaw pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE |
| Céspedes hit by pitch. | 7 | 3 |
| J.D. Martinez struck out swinging. | 7 | 3 |
| McCann walked, Céspedes to second. | 7 | 3 |
| Romine struck out swinging. | 7 | 3 |
| Iglesias grounded out to first. | 7 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Alex Wilson pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE |
| Urshela safe at first on error by shortstop Iglesias. | 7 | 3 |
| Pérez grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Urshela out at second. | 7 | 3 |
| Kipnis singled to right. | 7 | 3 |
| Lindor struck out swinging. | 7 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Ryan Webb pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE |
| Gose flied out to left. | 7 | 3 |
| Kinsler lined out to center. | 7 | 3 |
| Cabrera singled to right. | 7 | 3 |
| V. Martínez lined out to second. | 7 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Joba Chamberlain pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE |
| Brantley lined out to center. | 7 | 3 |
| Murphy homered to center (398 feet). | 7 | 4 |
| Santana popped out to second. | 7 | 4 |
| Aviles struck out swinging. | 7 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Scott Atchison pitching for Cleveland | DET | CLE |
| Céspedes singled to right. | 7 | 4 |
| J.D. Martinez flied out to right. | 7 | 4 |
| McCann hit a ground rule double to deep center, Céspedes to third. | 7 | 4 |
| Romine hit sacrifice fly to left, Céspedes scored. | 8 | 4 |
| Iglesias popped out to second. | 8 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Joakim Soria pitching for Detroit | DET | CLE |
| Moss popped out to second. | 8 | 4 |
| Urshela lined out to shortstop. | 8 | 4 |
| Pérez homered to right (367 feet). | 8 | 5 |
| Kipnis grounded out to shortstop. | 8 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit Tigers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Gose CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .276 | .314 | .369 |
| Kinsler 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .267 | .340 | .348 |
| Cabrera 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | .350 | .456 | .593 |
| V. Martínez DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .227 | .311 | .297 |
| Céspedes LF | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .308 | .340 | .508 |
| J.D. Martinez RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23 | .271 | .331 | .508 |
| McCann C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .258 | .296 | .384 |
| Romine 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .276 | .328 | .345 |
| Iglesias SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .325 | .378 | .390 |
| Totals | 37 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 171 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Céspedes (21, Bauer); Romine (1, Bauer); McCann (10, Atchison) HR: Céspedes (10, 3rd inning off Bauer 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Céspedes 3 (39), Kinsler (27), Cabrera (52), V. Martínez 2 (21), Romine (5) SF: Céspedes, Romine 2-out RBI: Céspedes GIDP: Cabrera Tigers RISP: 3-11 (Céspedes 1-1, McCann 0-1, Gose 0-1, Romine 0-1, V. Martínez 1-3, Iglesias 1-3, Kinsler 0-1) Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Iglesias (5, bobble) DP: 2 (Iglesias-Kinsler-Cabrera 2). | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| The game is underway after a 10 minute weather delay. |
Game Information
| Stadium | Progressive Field, Cleveland, OH |
| Attendance | 15,746 (42.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:27 |
| Weather | 74 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 14 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Gary Cederstrom, First Base - Eric Cooper, Second Base - Lance Barksdale, Third Base - Quinn Wolcott |
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