Cleveland Guardians vs Oakland Athletics Box Score on Jul 14, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jul 15, 2017

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Right-hander Sonny Gray threw six shutout innings and Rajai Davis and Yonder Alonso hit solo home runs, lifting the Oakland Athletics to a 5-0 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Friday night at Oakland Coliseum.

Gray (5-4), the subject of trade rumors for weeks, allowed two hits, struck out five and walked one. He had his fourth straight quality start and has gone 3-1 with four earned runs in 27 innings during that span.

Gray gave up seven runs in 4 2/3 innings in a 9-4 loss to the Indians on May 30 at Progressive Field.

Cleveland manager Terry Francona returned to the bench eight days after undergoing a medical procedure to correct cardiac arrhythmia. Francona, who missed the Indians' previous six games and the All-Star Game, wore a heart monitor.

Davis, who played for the Indians last season when they won the American League title but lost to the Chicago Cubs in the World Series, went 2-for-3, scored two runs and hit his third home run of the season in the fifth inning.

Alonso, the A's lone representative at the All-Star Game, also homered in the fifth.

Indians right-hander Carlos Carrasco ( 10-4) allowed five runs and six hits, including two home runs, as his five-game winning streak ended. He struck out 10, walked two and lost for the first time since June 3 at Kansas City.

Carrasco fell to 3-1 for his career against the A's. He held them to two runs in seven innings in a 5-3 win on May 29 at Progressive Field.

The A's led 4-0 through five innings and made it 5-0 in the seventh when rookie Matt Chapman lead off with a triple and scored on a wild pitch.

A's relievers Ryan Madson, Sean Doolittle and Santiago Casilla each threw a scoreless inning. They combined to blank the Indians on two hits with six strikeouts.

The A's scored twice in the third inning to take a 2-0 lead. Davis, who played 134 games for Cleveland last season, led off with a infield single, the first hit Carrasco allowed. Matt Joyce lined a double to right-center field, driving in Davis, and took third on the relay throw home.

Marcus Semien brought Joyce home with a sacrifice fly to deep center field.

Davis made it 3-0 with a leadoff home run in the fifth inning. He launched Carrasco's belt-high, 2-0 fastball into the left-center field seats.

Then with two outs in the inning, Alonso hit a solo shot to right-center field, his 21st homer of the year, increasing Oakland's lead to 4-0.

NOTES: Cleveland OF Lonnie Chisenhall (strained right calf) was placed on the 10-day disabled list, and he's expected to miss more than two weeks. Chisenhall, who was injured during Cleveland's game on Sunday against Detroit, entered the All-Star break with a team-high 51 RBIs. He's batting .305 with 12 home runs. ... Cleveland OF Tyler Naquin was recalled from Triple-A Columbus and started in right field. He went 0-for-3. ... Oakland RHP Andrew Triggs underwent season-ending surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left hip. Triggs, who went on the disabled list on June 10, went 5-6 with a 4.27 ERA in 12 starts this season. ... A's INF/OF Chad Pinder (strained left hamstring) will run the bases on Saturday before the game. If all goes well, Pinder will likely be sent on a rehab assignment, A's manager Bob Melvin said. Pinder has been on the DL since June 24.