Cleveland 6, Tampa Bay 0
When: 1:10 PM ET, Thursday, April 14, 2016
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Mike Winters, 1B -
Mark Wegner, 2B -
Marty Foster, 3B -
Mike Muchlinski
Attendance:
10715
By The Sports Xchange
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Danny Salazar gave up three hits in six innings and Marlon Byrd, Rajai Davis and Jose Ramirez hit home runs as the Cleveland Indians beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-0 on Thursday at Tropicana Field.
Salazar improved to 2-0 and had nine strikeouts in a dominating performance against a punchless Rays lineup.
After four scoreless innings, the Indians (4-3) got on the board in the top of the fifth when Francisco Lindor hit an RBI single to left field that scored Roberto Perez and gave Cleveland a 1-0 lead.
Cleveland chased Rays starter Chris Archer in the top of the sixth after Byrd hit a two-run homer to right-center field to give the Indians a 3-0 lead.
Davis made it 4-0 with a home run in nearly the same place off Rays reliever Steve Geltz.
Tyler Naquin increased the lead to 5-0 with a RBI single to left that scored Mike Napoli, who reached on a ground-rule double to start the top of the seventh.
Ramirez added a home run in the top of the ninth off reliever Danny Farquhar.
Archer continued to struggle and is 0-3. He hasn't won a start since Aug. 31, 2015. He went 5 1/3 innings with six strikeouts but gave up seven hits and three runs (two earned) while throwing 105 pitches.
NOTES: Rays 1B Logan Morrison and SS Brad Miller, acquired from Seattle in a trade for RHP Nathan Karns and prospects, are a combined 4-for-48 going into Thursday's game. ... Rays starting pitchers have yet to post a win this season. ... Indians 3B Lonnie Chisenhall (wrist) and OF Michael Brantley (shoulder) will both drop from Triple-A Columbus to Double-A Akron as they continue their rehab assignments. Indians manager Terry Francona said the move was done as a matter of convenience. "We thought it would be good to keep them together," Francona said. "As long as we're not messing up the team too much, I saw some value in keeping them together."
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Cleveland
|
13 |
3 |
23 |
.333 |
28 |
8 |
6 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
Tampa Bay
|
5 |
0 |
5 |
.161 |
16 |
14 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |