The Sports Xchange
Jul 2, 2017
DETROIT -- Jose Ramirez homered twice and knocked in four runs, Carlos Santana doubled twice and drove in three runs, and the Cleveland Indians held off the Detroit Tigers 11-8 on Sunday afternoon at Comerica Park.
Losing pitcher Justin Verlander (5-5) surrendered seven runs on nine hits in 3 1/3 innings. He didn't record a strikeout for the first time since May 4, 2007. The streak lasted 331 games and had been the majors' longest active streak. The strikeout streak was tied for the sixth longest since 1913.
Ramirez, who has three multi-homer games, reached base four times and scored four runs. He hit his homers from opposite sides of the plate for the second time this season, the first player in franchise history to accomplish that feat.
Lonnie Chisenhall hit a two-run homer and Edwin Encarnacion scored twice and knocked in two runs for Cleveland (44-37).
Mike Clevinger (4-3) overcame early wildness to record the win. He allowed one run on two hits with a career-high tying five walks and seven strikeouts in six innings.
Cody Allen got the last out to notch his 16th save after the Tigers scored six ninth-inning runs.
James McCann drove in four runs, including a three-run homer in the ninth, for Detroit (36-45).
Chisenhall put the Indians on top with his two-run shot in the second.
The Indians made it 4-0 in the third. Verlander got two outs before Ramirez drilled a 1-2 offering over the right-field wall. Chisenhall then walked and scored on Santana's double.
Detroit scored its first run on J.D. Martinez's RBI double in the bottom of the inning.
Ramirez's second homer, a three-run blast, came off reliever Chad Bell in the fourth. Verlander's day ended one batter earlier when Encarnacion smacked a run-scoring single.
Encarnacion's RBI triple and Santana's two-run double in the sixth upped Cleveland's lead to 11-1.
NOTES: Detroit LF Justin Upton missed his third consecutive game because of right side soreness. Upton suffered the injury in the batting cage prior to Saturday's doubleheader. He leads the club in homers (15) and RBIs (52). ... Indiana RHP Danny Salazar made a rehab start with Triple-A Akron on Saturday. He threw 48 pitches in the 1 2/3-inning stint and allowed three runs on three hits with two walks and three strikeouts. Salazar was placed on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to June 4 with right shoulder soreness. ... Tigers 2B Ian Kinsler got the day off. He had appeared in every game since June 6. ... Indians 3B Jose Ramirez stretched his road hitting streak to 15 games.