Tampa Bay Rays vs Cleveland Guardians Match Player Stats On May 16, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 16, 2017

CLEVELAND -- The Tampa Bay Rays belted five home runs, two by Corey Dickerson, in a 6-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night at Progressive Field.

Jake Odorizzi (3-2) pitched six innings of four-run ball for the win. Alex Colome threw a scoreless ninth inning to pick up his 10th save.

Cleveland starter Danny Salazar (2-4) pitched five innings and gave up five runs on six hits, four of them home runs. In addition to the two home runs by Dickerson, Tampa Bay also got long balls from Colby Rasmus, Derek Norris and Tim Beckham.

Salazar retired the first five batters he faced, four of them on strikeouts. But the sixth batter he faced, Rasmus, in the second inning, hit a 1-0 pitch into the seats in right field for his fourth home run, giving Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead.

In the third inning, Salazar gave up home runs to the first two batters he faced, Norris and Dickerson, extending the Rays' lead to 3-0.

The Indians got a run back in the bottom of the third inning, when Yan Gomes doubled and scored on a double by Jason Kipnis to cut the Tampa Bay lead to 3-1.

The Rays hit their fourth home run in the fifth inning, when Dickerson led off with a mammoth blast over the wall in center field for his second home run in three innings, a drive estimated at 449 feet, which gave Tampa Bay a 4-1 lead.

Through five innings, 13 of the 22 batters Salazar faced either struck out or hit a home run.

The Rays added two more runs in the sixth inning, when they knocked Salazar out of the game. Steven Souza Jr. led off the inning with a double to right field that sent Salazar to the showers. Shawn Armstrong relieved Salazar, and after retiring the first batter he faced, gave up a two-run home run to Beckham,.

The Indians' offense stirred to life in the bottom of the sixth. Francisco Lindor led off with a single, and he went to third on a single by Michael Brantley. Lindor scored on a groundout by Carlos Santana.

Edwin Encarnacion then hit a line drive over the wall in center field for his sixth home run, cutting the deficit to 6-4.

NOTES: The Indians purchased the contract of OF Bradley Zimmer from Triple-A Columbus. Zimmer, the Indians' first round pick, the 21st player taken overall in the 2014 draft. ... The Indians also recalled RHP Shawn Armstrong from Columbus. To make room on the roster for Zimmer and Armstrong, the Indians placed OF Abraham Almonte (right biceps strain) on the 10-day disabled list and optioned OF Yandy Diaz to Columbus. ... Tampa Bay 2B Brad Miller was a late scratch from the lineup due to a strained abdominal muscle. He was replaced by Daniel Robertson. ... Rays SS Tim Beckham has seven home runs, the second most by any shortstop in the majors behind Cleveland's Francisco Lindor's nine. ... Tampa Bay hitters lead the majors with 427 strikeouts, the most in major league history through 42 games.