Thursday, May 31st, 2018 7:10PM CST
On Thursday night, the Cleveland Indians secured a 9-8 win against the Minnesota Twins. Francisco Lindor delivered his second home run of the contest in the eighth inning to break a tie, after Minnesota had mounted a comeback to erase an eight-run deficit. Cleveland ultimately held on to secure the narrow 9-8 victory.
Date: Thursday, May 31st, 2018
Time: 7:10PM CST
Stadium: Target Field
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 19,148
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
CLE |
3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

Doubles: Escobar (19, S. Bieber)
Home Runs: Morrison (6, 6th inning off S. Bieber 0 on, 2 Out); Escobar (8, 6th inning off S. Bieber 0 on, 2 Out); Sanó (7, 7th inning off McAllister 2 on, 1 Out)
Runs Batted In: Grossman (15), LaMarre (4), Morrison (19), Escobar (26), Rosario (33), Sanó 3 (23)
2-out Runs Batted In: Morrison, Escobar
Ground Into Double Play: Dozier
Team Left On Base: 5
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 4-6 (Garver 0-1, Rosario 1-1, Grossman 1-1, LaMarre 1-1, Sanó 1-1, Dozier 0-1)

Hit By Pitch: Kipnis (By Odorizzi); G. Allen (By Odorizzi)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Odorizzi 13/23; Rogers 5/6; Duffey 5/6; Reed 2/5; Duke 2/3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Odorizzi 15-9-16-16; Rogers 6-2-8-5; Duffey 3-2-10-5; Reed 4-2-9-4; Duke 2-0-0-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Odorizzi 1-7; Rogers 1-1; Duffey 3-2; Reed 2-1; Duke 2-1
Game Scores: J Odorizzi 18

Double Plays: 1 (Morrison-Garver)
Errors: Dozier (5, pop up)
Assists: Kepler (Cabrera at 2nd base)

Picked Off: Rosario (1st base by Gomes)

Doubles: Lindor 2 (19, Odorizzi 2); Encarnación (7, Odorizzi); Kipnis (13, Odorizzi)
Home Runs: Lindor 2 (14, 4th inning off Odorizzi 2 on, 1 Out; 8th inning off Reed 0 on, 1 Out); J. Ramírez (18, 4th inning off Odorizzi 0 on, 2 Out)
Runs Batted In: Encarnación (34), Alonso (33), Cabrera 2 (8), Lindor 4 (34), J. Ramírez (41)
2-out Runs Batted In: J. Ramírez, Cabrera
Sacrifice Flies: Cabrera
Ground Into Double Play: Encarnación
Team Left On Base: 7
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 4-12 (Alonso 1-1, Gomes 0-2, Cabrera 1-1, Brantley 0-2, J. Ramírez 0-2, Encarnación 1-2, Lindor 1-2)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Gomes 1; Brantley 2; J. Ramírez 1

Pitcher Notes: Beliveau pitched to 1 batter in the 7th;McAllister pitched to 1 batter in the 7th
Hit By Pitch: Dozier (By Otero)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: S. Bieber 16/24; Otero 2/4; Beliveau 1/1; McAllister 1/1; Olson 2/3; Marshall 2/3; C. Allen 2/4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: S. Bieber 19-8-10-17; Otero 2-2-5-3; Beliveau 0-0-0-1; McAllister 0-1-0-1; Olson 1-2-3-1; Marshall 2-3-1-2; C. Allen 3-5-1-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S. Bieber 8-2; Otero 0-2; Beliveau 0-0; McAllister 0-0; Olson 0-1; Marshall 1-0; C. Allen 0-2
Game Scores: S Bieber 42

Double Plays: 2 (Gomes-Alonso, J. Ramírez-Alonso)
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