Cleveland Guardians vs San Francisco Giants Match Player Stats On Jul 17, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jul 18, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Cleveland Indians took advantage of two throwing errors on seemingly routine plays at first base to rally for a 5-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday night in the opener of a three-game interleague series.

Right-hander Josh Tomlin combined with two relievers on a six-hitter, and catcher Yan Gomes belted a home run, helping the Indians snap a season-worst four-game losing streak.

The defeat in the opener of a 10-game homestand was the Giants' 14th in their past 18 home games.

The Indians trailed 3-1 with two outs in the fifth inning and Giovanny Urshela on second base when Giants pitcher Matt Moore knocked down Bradley Zimmer's one-hopper back to the mound.

Moore recovered the ball quickly, took a couple of steps toward first base and underhanded a toss that sailed well over the head of first baseman Jae-Gyun Hwang, allowing Urshela to jog home and narrow the Indians' deficit to 3-2.

With the inning having been extended, Francisco Lindor blooped a broken-bat single to center field, scoring Zimmer with the game-tying run.

After Jose Ramirez doubled to open the Cleveland sixth, Brandon Guyer bunted to Hwang, who threw errantly to first base. Ramirez scored the go-ahead run from second when the ball got past second baseman Joe Panik, who was covering first on the play.

The Indians added an insurance run in the ninth on Lindor's third hit of the game, a two-out single that plated Urshela for a 5-3 lead.

Tomlin (6-9) allowed three runs and six hits in 7 1/3 innings for his second consecutive win. Left-hander Andrew Miller got the final two outs of the eighth inning, before closer Cody Allen pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 17th save.

Tomlin struck out five and did not walk a batter.

Moore (3-10) lost his second consecutive start. He allowed six hits and four runs, only two of which were earned, in seven innings. He walked one and struck out five.

The Giants finished with two errors after having committed just three in their previous 12 games.

Urshela had two hits and scored twice, and Lindor drove in two runs for the Indians, who were swept in a three-game weekend series at Oakland.

The win was just Cleveland's fourth in 15 interleague games this season and just the Indians' second in eight contests at National League parks.

Gorkys Hernandez had two hits for the Giants, who had won six straight against the Indians.

The Giants fell to 3-8 in interleague games and 11-20 against American League competition since the start of the 2016 season.

Before his throwing error contributed to the Indians' scoring, Moore gave the Giants an early lead with an RBI single in a two-run third inning.

The hit followed a successful replay review by the Giants. Panik initially was called out at home plate while trying to score on a double by Hernandez, but the ruling was overturned.

Hernandez took third on the throw, from where he scored on Moore's hit, giving the Giants a 2-1 lead.

Brandon Crawford hit an RBI double in the fourth inning to increase San Francisco's lead to 3-1.

Gomes' homer, his sixth of the season, opened the game's scoring in the top of the third.

NOTES: The announced attendance at AT&T Park was 39,538, snapping the Giants' streak of 530 consecutive home sellouts. The streak, which dated back to 2010, was the longest in National League history and second-longest ever in the majors behind a 794-game run at Fenway Park by the Boston Red Sox. ... The AT&T Park attendance was nonetheless the biggest in the majors on Monday night. ... Indians C Yan Gomes is the son-in-law of former Giants All-Star LHP Atlee Hammaker. ... The Giants were without their regular first baseman, Brandon Belt, who missed his second consecutive game with a sprained left wrist.