Cleveland 7, Detroit 2
When: 1:05 PM ET, Sunday, July 18, 2010
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature:
83°
Umpires:
Home -
Mike Muchlinski, 1B -
Jerry Layne, 2B -
James Hoye, 3B -
Brian Runge
Attendance:
19102
By SportsDirect Inc.
Jeanmar Gomez threw seven strong innings in his major-league debut and
Jhonny Peralta hit an inside-the-park home run, leading the Cleveland
Indians to a 7-2 victory and a four-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers on
Sunday at Progressive Field.
Gomez (1-0) was called up from Triple-A Columbus to make a spot
start in place of Justin Masterson, who had his next start pushed back
to Tuesday.
The 22-year-old right-hander from Venezuela didn't
disappoint, holding the Tigers to two unearned runs on five hits. He
struck out four and walked one.
Peralta's inside-the-park homer came with two men on in the first
inning. Center fielder Ryan Raburn tracked the fly ball to the wall, but
he mistimed his jump and crashed through the bullpen gate. The ball
caromed toward left field while Peralta circled the bases and slid in
ahead of the relay.
That was the biggest blow against Detroit starter Andy Oliver (0-4),
who allowed five runs over 3 2/3 innings. He gave up four hits and
walked five.
Jayson Nix went 3-for-5 with an RBI, Michael
Brantley was 2-for-4, and Matt LaPorta and Jason Donald each drove in
runs for Cleveland
The Indians finished off their second four-game sweep at home in
less than a month – they took four against Toronto from June 28-July 1.
Detroit has lost five consecutive games.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Detroit
|
7 |
0 |
9 |
.226 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Cleveland
|
10 |
1 |
17 |
.303 |
16 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
1 |