Saturday, August 8th, 2015 6:10PM CST
In a dominant showing on August 8, 2015, the Cleveland Indians defeated the Minnesota Twins seventeen to four. Key contributions came from Jerry Sands, who connected for a pinch-hit grand slam, and Abraham Almonte. Almonte, who had just been called up from the minor leagues before the game, had an impressive performance, going four for five at the plate including hitting a two-run homer to help lead the Indians to the decisive victory.
Date: Saturday, August 8th, 2015
Time: 6:10PM CST
Stadium: Progressive Field
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 31,666
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CLE |
2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - |
MIN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Doubles: Almonte 2 (2, Santana 2); Brantley (32, Santana); Ramírez (8, Santana)
Triples: Ramírez (1, Santana)
Home Runs: Sands (2, 5th inning off Boyer 3 on, 2 Out); Almonte (1, 8th inning off Achter 1 on, 0 Out)
Runs Batted In: Brantley (61), Chisenhall (22), Ramírez 3 (12), Lindor 2 (21), Urshela (13), Gomes (25), Sands 4 (11), Almonte 2 (2), Aviles (10), Santana (49)
2-out Runs Batted In: Chisenhall, Gomes, Sands 4
Sacrifice Flies: Lindor 2
Sacrifice Hit: Lindor
Team Left On Base: 10
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 8-18 (Brantley 1-2, Chisenhall 1-1, Santana 1-3, Gomes 0-1, Urshela 1-3, Ramírez 2-2, Lindor 1-1, Almonte 0-1, Pérez 0-1, Sands 1-2, Johnson 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Brantley 1; Urshela 1; Santana 1; Almonte 2; Sands 2

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Bauer 16-27; Webb 3-5; Crockett 1-1; Armstrong 3-3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Bauer 18-10-20-16; Webb 4-2-3-4; Crockett 1-2-0-0; Armstrong 4-2-1-1
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Bauer 9-2; Webb 2-1; Crockett 0-0; Armstrong 0-1
Game Scores: T Bauer 48

Double Plays: 3 (Bauer-Lindor-Santana, Ramírez-Lindor-Santana, Urshela-Ramírez-Santana)

Stolen Bases: Brantley (12, 2nd base off Santana/Suzuki)

Home Runs: Mauer (7, 1st inning off Bauer 0 on, 1 Out); Suzuki (4, 4th inning off Bauer 1 on, 2 Out); Rosario (6, 6th inning off Bauer 0 on, 2 Out)
Runs Batted In: Mauer (47), Suzuki 2 (33), Rosario (26)
2-out Runs Batted In: Suzuki 2, Rosario
Ground Into Double Play: Suzuki; Mauer; Dozier
Team Left On Base: 5
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 0-2 (Rosario 0-2)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Rosario 2

Pitcher Notes: O'Rourke pitched to 3 batters in the 5th;Achter pitched to 5 batters in the 8th
Wild Pitches: O'Rourke
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Santana 12-19; Graham 6-10; O'Rourke 2-3; Boyer 3-6; Jepsen 1-4; Achter 4-5; Robinson 0-4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Santana 10-3-11-16; Graham 8-5-7-8; O'Rourke 2-1-7-0; Boyer 2-2-3-5; Jepsen 2-1-5-4; Achter 1-1-7-4; Robinson 5-0-0-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Santana 4-2; Graham 4-2; O'Rourke 0-0; Boyer 2-1; Jepsen 1-2; Achter 0-0; Robinson 1-1
Game Scores: E Santana 4
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