Cleveland 8, Pittsburgh 6
When: 3:10 PM ET, Sunday, September 27, 2020
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature:
80°
Umpires:
Home -
Ramon De Jesus, 1B -
Brennan Miller, 2B -
Pat Hoberg, 3B -
Bill Welke
Attendance:
By Field Level Media
Carlos Santana and Franmil Reyes each homered and drove in four runs Sunday as the Cleveland Indians erased a four-run deficit in an 8-6 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates to take two of three in a weekend series.
Cleveland will host the Yankees in the playoffs as the four seed. The Indians finished in a tie for second in the AL Central with the Chicago White Sox, but owned the head-to-head tiebreaker.
Reyes hit a three-run homer, and Santana, who entered the game in a 4-for-41 funk, hit a two-run homer and two-run double. The Indians (35-25) saved their largest comeback win for the finale.
Jose Osuna hit a solo homer and an RBI single, Ke'Bryan Hayes hit a solo homer and Adam Frazier added a two-run double for Pittsburgh (19-41).
Cal Quantrill started in a bullpen game for Cleveland. He gave up two runs and four hits in three innings while striking out two.
James Karinchak (1-2), the sixth of eight Indians pitchers, struck out the side in the seventh. Brad Hand earned a four-out save, his 16th.
Pittsburgh starter J.T. Brubaker gave up five runs and seven hits in five-plus innings while striking out three and walking two. Nik Turley (0-3) gave up three runs and two hits in the seventh.
With two outs in the second, Pittsburgh's J.T. Riddle reached on a two-base error. Osuna singled him home to make it 1-0.
Hayes boosted that to 2-0 in the third with his fifth homer, to center.
The Indians tied it in the third. Cesar Hernandez reached on a bunt single ahead of Santana's eighth homer, to center.
In the fifth, Osuna led off with his fourth homer, to right-center, for a 3-2 Pirates edge. Frazier doubled. Hayes was intentionally walked. Frazier then scored as Colin Moran reached on Francisco Lindor's throwing error, the first error this season by a Cleveland shortstop.
Pittsburgh pushed it to 6-2 in the sixth. Riddle singled with one out and Osuna doubled him to third. Frazier drove in both with a double to right-center field.
The Indians drew to within 6-5 in the bottom of the sixth. After Jose Ramirez doubled and Santana walked, Reyes homered to center, his ninth.
In the seventh, Hernandez was hit by a pitch, went to third on Ramirez's double, and both scored on Santana's double for a 7-6 Cleveland lead. Santana scored on Reyes' sacrifice fly.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Pittsburgh |
|
Cleveland |
JT Brubaker
|
Player |
Cal Quantrill
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
5.0 |
IP |
3.0 |
3 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
7 |
Hits |
4 |
9.00 |
ERA |
3.00 |
Hitting
Pittsburgh |
|
Cleveland |
Jose Osuna
| Player |
Carlos Santana |
3 |
Hits |
3 |
2 |
RBI |
4 |
1 |
HR |
1 |
7 |
TB |
8 |
.750 |
Avg |
1.000 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Pittsburgh
|
9 |
2 |
18 |
.250 |
12 |
10 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Cleveland
|
11 |
2 |
21 |
.344 |
9 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
2 |