ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Corey Dickerson finally delivered a big hit for the Tampa Bay Rays with men on base.
Dickerson's broke out of an 0-for-21 slump with a three-run homer in the eighth inning that carried the Rays to a 4-1 win over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday night. Tampa Bay had scored only four runs in its previous five games.
"It's been a pretty tough couple of weeks for the whole team, not just me," Dickerson said. "I was just trying not to miss my pitch and not to think too much. When you're struggling you tend to think too much and change stuff."
Dickerson's two-out blast off Nick Goody (1-2), his 22nd, came after Adeiny Hechavarria singled and Jesus Sucre was hit by a pitch.
Tommy Hunter (2-2) worked 1 2/3 scoreless innings in relief of Blake Snell to get the win. Alex Colome pitched the ninth for his 34th save in 39 opportunities.
Francisco Lindor opened the game with a double and scored on Jose Ramirez's single. It was the only run for the AL Central-leading Indians off Snell, who gave up four hits and two walks in 6 1/3 innings.
"When we had opportunities, which were few, you have to cash in, and we didn't," Indians manager Terry Francona said.
Snell (0-6, 4.69 ERA) made his 15th start, the most of any winless pitcher in the majors this season.
"We had a chance to win the game simply because of Blake Snell's performance," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "He was outstanding. A couple walks here and there, but as far as commanding the baseball (and) making big pitches when he had to, it was a huge step in the right direction."
Logan Morrison drove in Tampa Bay's first run with a single in the fifth.
Cleveland starter Danny Salazar pitched 5 1/3 innings, giving up one run on seven hits and four walks while striking out eight.
BRUCE'S DEBUT
The series opener in Tampa Bay was the first game in a Cleveland uniform for Jay Bruce, a three-time NL All-Star who was acquired in a trade with the New York Mets on Wednesday night.
Bruce made it to the stadium an hour before the first pitch. He entered as a pinch hitter in the seventh and popped up on the first pitch he saw.
"It was an opportunity for me to help out," Bruce said, "but I didn't get the job done tonight."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Indians: 2B Jason Kipnis left the game with a tight right hamstring after leading off the second with a double. ... OF Lonnie Chisenhall (right calf strain) will run Saturday and might be taken off the disabled list as early as Sunday.
Rays: Cash said RHP Jake Odorizzi should be fine for his next start after taking a line drive off his right foot Wednesday against the Red Sox. Odorizzi left the game with a bruise. ... 1B Lucas Duda (bruised thumb) was back in the lineup at DH after being scratched Wednesday.
UP NEXT
RHP Carlos Carrasco (10-5) will attempt to get his first win since July 7 for the Indians against rookie RHP Jake Faria (5-2), who has nine quality starts among his 11 starts for the Rays.
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Dickerson's broke out of an 0-for-21 slump with a three-run homer in the eighth inning that carried the Rays to a 4-1 win over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday night. Tampa Bay had scored only four runs in its previous five games.
"It's been a pretty tough couple of weeks for the whole team, not just me," Dickerson said. "I was just trying not to miss my pitch and not to think too much. When you're struggling you tend to think too much and change stuff."
Dickerson's two-out blast off Nick Goody (1-2), his 22nd, came after Adeiny Hechavarria singled and Jesus Sucre was hit by a pitch.
Tommy Hunter (2-2) worked 1 2/3 scoreless innings in relief of Blake Snell to get the win. Alex Colome pitched the ninth for his 34th save in 39 opportunities.
Francisco Lindor opened the game with a double and scored on Jose Ramirez's single. It was the only run for the AL Central-leading Indians off Snell, who gave up four hits and two walks in 6 1/3 innings.
"When we had opportunities, which were few, you have to cash in, and we didn't," Indians manager Terry Francona said.
Snell (0-6, 4.69 ERA) made his 15th start, the most of any winless pitcher in the majors this season.
"We had a chance to win the game simply because of Blake Snell's performance," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "He was outstanding. A couple walks here and there, but as far as commanding the baseball (and) making big pitches when he had to, it was a huge step in the right direction."
Logan Morrison drove in Tampa Bay's first run with a single in the fifth.
Cleveland starter Danny Salazar pitched 5 1/3 innings, giving up one run on seven hits and four walks while striking out eight.
BRUCE'S DEBUT
The series opener in Tampa Bay was the first game in a Cleveland uniform for Jay Bruce, a three-time NL All-Star who was acquired in a trade with the New York Mets on Wednesday night.
Bruce made it to the stadium an hour before the first pitch. He entered as a pinch hitter in the seventh and popped up on the first pitch he saw.
"It was an opportunity for me to help out," Bruce said, "but I didn't get the job done tonight."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Indians: 2B Jason Kipnis left the game with a tight right hamstring after leading off the second with a double. ... OF Lonnie Chisenhall (right calf strain) will run Saturday and might be taken off the disabled list as early as Sunday.
Rays: Cash said RHP Jake Odorizzi should be fine for his next start after taking a line drive off his right foot Wednesday against the Red Sox. Odorizzi left the game with a bruise. ... 1B Lucas Duda (bruised thumb) was back in the lineup at DH after being scratched Wednesday.
UP NEXT
RHP Carlos Carrasco (10-5) will attempt to get his first win since July 7 for the Indians against rookie RHP Jake Faria (5-2), who has nine quality starts among his 11 starts for the Rays.
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| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Cleveland - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Blake Snell pitching for Tampa Bay | CLE | TB |
| Lindor doubled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Kipnis grounded out to first, Lindor to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Ramírez reached on infield single to third, Lindor scored. | 1 | 0 |
| Encarnación grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Ramírez out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Danny Salazar pitching for Cleveland | CLE | TB |
| Dickerson flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Duda struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Longoria singled to right. | 1 | 0 |
| Morrison struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Blake Snell pitching for Tampa Bay | CLE | TB |
| Santana flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Jackson struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Guyer popped out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Danny Salazar pitching for Cleveland | CLE | TB |
| Souza Jr. struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| Miller walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Hechavarria struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Smith singled to right, Miller to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Sucre struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Blake Snell pitching for Tampa Bay | CLE | TB |
| Gomes flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Almonte struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Lindor grounded out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Danny Salazar pitching for Cleveland | CLE | TB |
| Dickerson grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Duda walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Longoria flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Morrison singled to center, Duda to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Blake Snell pitching for Tampa Bay | CLE | TB |
| Kipnis hit a ground rule double to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Ramírez lined out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Encarnación walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Santana grounded into fielder's choice to third, Encarnación out at second, Kipnis to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Jackson walked, Santana to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Guyer struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Danny Salazar pitching for Cleveland | CLE | TB |
| Ramírez at second base. | 1 | 0 |
| Urshela at third base. | 1 | 0 |
| Miller walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Hechavarria struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Smith flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Sucre singled to deep center, Miller to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Dickerson struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Blake Snell pitching for Tampa Bay | CLE | TB |
| Gomes flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Almonte popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Lindor grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Danny Salazar pitching for Cleveland | CLE | TB |
| Duda walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Longoria singled to left, Duda to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Morrison singled to deep right center, Duda scored, Longoria to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Souza Jr. struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Miller grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Morrison out at second. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Blake Snell pitching for Tampa Bay | CLE | TB |
| Urshela fouled out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Ramírez lined out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Encarnación struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Danny Salazar pitching for Cleveland | CLE | TB |
| Hechavarria flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Smith singled to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Shaw relieved Salazar. | 1 | 1 |
| Sucre lined out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Dickerson flied out to left. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Blake Snell pitching for Tampa Bay | CLE | TB |
| Santana grounded out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Jackson tripled to left center. | 1 | 1 |
| Hunter relieved Snell. | 1 | 1 |
| Bruce hit for Guyer. | 1 | 1 |
| Bruce popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| Gomes struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Bryan Shaw pitching for Cleveland | CLE | TB |
| Jackson in right field. | 1 | 1 |
| Zimmer in center field. | 1 | 1 |
| Duda struck out looking. | 1 | 1 |
| Longoria fouled out to first. | 1 | 1 |
| Morrison singled to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Souza Jr. flied out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Tommy Hunter pitching for Tampa Bay | CLE | TB |
| Almonte lined out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Lindor struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Urshela struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Nick Goody pitching for Cleveland | CLE | TB |
| Goody relieved Shaw. | 1 | 1 |
| Miller struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Hechavarria singled to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Hechavarria stole second, Hechavarria safe at third on throwing error by catcher Gomes. | 1 | 1 |
| Smith struck out bunting foul. | 1 | 1 |
| Sucre hit by pitch. | 1 | 1 |
| Dickerson homered to center (417 feet), Hechavarria and Sucre scored. | 1 | 4 |
| Duda struck out swinging. | 1 | 4 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Cleveland - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Alex Colome pitching for Tampa Bay | CLE | TB |
| Colomé relieved Hunter. | 1 | 4 |
| Ramírez grounded out to second. | 1 | 4 |
| Encarnación grounded out to third. | 1 | 4 |
| Santana struck out swinging. | 1 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Cleveland Indians | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Lindor SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .269 | .329 | .477 |
| Kipnis 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .227 | .286 | .390 |
Urshela 3B
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .208 | .276 | .245 |
| Ramírez 3B-2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .312 | .365 | .540 |
| Encarnación DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .248 | .368 | .460 |
| Santana 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .241 | .342 | .430 |
| Jackson CF-RF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | .318 | .392 | .486 |
| Guyer RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .216 | .315 | .324 |
a-Bruce PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Zimmer CF
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .329 | .433 |
| Gomes C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .222 | .313 | .366 |
| Almonte LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .239 | .320 | .396 |
| Totals | 30 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 131 | |||
| a-popped out to shortstop for B Guyer in the 7th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Lindor (32, Snell); Kipnis (20, Snell) 3B: Jackson (2, Snell) RBI: Ramírez (57) GIDP: Encarnación Indians RISP: 1-7 (Gomes 0-1, Kipnis 0-1, Santana 0-1, Guyer 0-1, Ramírez 1-2, Bruce 0-1) Team LOB: 4 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Gomes (7, throw) DP: 1 (Ramírez-Lindor-Santana). | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| 2B KIPNIS (RIGHT HAMSTRING TIGHTNESS) LEFT BOT 4TH |
Game Information
| Stadium | Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL |
| Attendance | 9,533 (30.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:52 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Greg Gibson, First Base - Vic Carapazza, Second Base - Phil Cuzzi, Third Base - Mark Ripperger |
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