Thursday, August 18th, 2016 6:10PM CST
Cleveland defeated the White Sox as a game-ending sacrifice fly off the bat of Tyler Naquin sealed the win, a play enabled by manager Terry Francona's strategic and unusual decision to insert Naquin as a pinch-hitter in the middle of an at-bat.
Date: Thursday, August 18th, 2016
Time: 6:10PM CST
Stadium: Progressive Field
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 12,982
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CLE |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
CHW |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

Doubles: Santana (21, Rodon); Kipnis (27, Rodon); Almonte 2 (11, Turner, Beck); Davis (18, Beck)
Runs Batted In: Ramírez 2 (53), Lindor (63), Davis (41), Naquin (38)
2-out Runs Batted In: Davis, Ramírez
Sacrifice Flies: Naquin
Ground Into Double Play: Ramírez; Lindor; Guyer
Team Left On Base: 6
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 4-12 (Chisenhall 0-1, Kipnis 0-1, Davis 1-1, Napoli 0-2, Santana 0-1, Ramírez 2-3, Lindor 1-2, Pérez 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Chisenhall 1; Kipnis 1; Ramírez 2

Pitcher Notes: Clevinger pitched to 1 batter in the 7th
Hit By Pitch: Santana (By Rodon)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Salazar 3-7; Crockett 3-3; Clevinger 11-15; Otero 6-7; Miller 3-4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Salazar 3-4-6-3; Crockett 2-2-2-2; Clevinger 13-6-13-10; Otero 4-0-4-7; Miller 4-3-3-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Salazar 0-2; Crockett 1-1; Clevinger 5-3; Otero 5-1; Miller 0-1
Game Scores: D Salazar 37

Double Plays: 1 (Lindor-Kipnis-Napoli)

Doubles: Morneau (8, Salazar); Anderson (14, Clevinger); Coats (2, Miller)
Runs Batted In: Morneau 3 (14), Narvaez (3)
Sacrifice Hit: Shuck
Ground Into Double Play: Saladino
Team Left On Base: 5
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 2-7 (Narvaez 1-1, Saladino 0-1, Cabrera 0-1, Navarro 0-1, Morneau 1-1, Frazier 0-1, Anderson 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Navarro 1; Anderson 1

Wild Pitches: Jones
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Rodon 13-24; Beck 0-4; Jones 5-6; Turner 2-2
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Rodon 15-8-20-18; Beck 0-4-0-3; Jones 4-3-7-3; Turner 0-0-1-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Rodon 8-4; Beck 1-0; Jones 2-0; Turner 0-1
Game Scores: C Rodon 53

Double Plays: 4 (Frazier, Frazier-Saladino-Abreu 2, Anderson-Saladino-Abreu)
Errors: Abreu (7, ground ball)
Passed Balls: Navarro
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