Cleveland Guardians vs Cincinnati Reds Match Player Stats On May 23, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 23, 2017

CINCINNATI -- Edwin Encarnacion homered twice against his former club, and Yan Gomes and Francisco Lindor also went deep, lifting the Cleveland Indians to an 8-7 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night at Great American Ball Park.

Cleveland (24-20) pounded Reds rookie left-hander Amir Garrett, who allowed seven runs and yielded a season-high four homers in five innings.

The Indians led 7-3 in the seventh, but Cincinnati's Adam Duvall singled home a run, and pinch hitter Eugenio Suarez's three-run homer off Bryan Shaw tied the score 7-7.

After all the home runs, it was a wild pitch from Drew Storen (1-1) that allowed the Indians to score the go-ahead run from third in the eighth.

Then, in the bottom of the inning, Daniel Robertson, who had shifted from center to right field the inning before, prevented the Reds from tying the score when he threw out Jose Peraza at home for the third out.

Andrew Miller (3-0) got the win after throwing 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Cody Allen struck out Scooter Gennett for the final out in the ninth with two runners on to wrap up his 13th save.

Cincinnati (21-24) has lost nine of 11.

After the thriller, the home-and-home interleague series shifts to Cleveland for games at Progressive Field on Wednesday and Thursday nights.

Lindor started the scoring with his 10th home run of the season in the first inning.

The Reds tied the score on back-to-back two-out doubles by Joey Votto and Duvall in the bottom half.

Garrett put the Reds ahead in the second when he faked a bunt and then lined a double to right for his first career hit, driving home the go-ahead run.

But the Indians continued to get good swings against the former St. John's University basketball standout.

In the third, Michael Brantley had an RBI double and Carlos Santana capped a 10-pitch at-bat with an RBI hit.

Encarnacion, who hit a 428-foot foul ball to left in Monday's series opener, reached the left-field bleachers in the third with a fair ball for a two-run homer, his eighth home run of the season. Gomes followed with his fourth homer, making the score 6-3.

Encarnacion homered on a 3-2 pitch from Garrett in the fifth for his 26th career multi-home run game.

NOTES: The Indians signed free agent OF David Lough to a minor league contract and assigned him to Triple-A Columbus. ... Reds 2B Jose Peraza extended his career-high hitting streak to 10 games with an eighth-inning single. ... Reds LHP Brandon Finnegan threw 21 pitches in a bullpen session with no issues, and he is expected to throw again Saturday. Finnegan is on the disabled list with a left shoulder strain.