Box Score: Athletics 6, Indians 4

A fourth-inning grand slam off the bat of Shelley Duncan gave the Tribe a 4-0 lead in this installment of West Coast baseball. However, Tribe starter Zach McAllister gave that four-run cushion back over the span of two innings, and Vinnie Pestano allowed a pair of Joe Smith’s runners to cross the plate and break the tie in the eighth as the Athletics took the opener 6-4. The Tribe is now 54-65, 11.5 games out and perilously close to slipping past Kansas City and into fourth place. On Saturday night, Corey Kluber squares off with former Indian Bartolo Colon.

 

Scoring Summary

Top 4th: Cleveland

- S. Duncan homered to deep left, C. Santana, M. Brantley and J. Donald scored

Bot 4th: Oakland

- J. Donaldson doubled to left, C. Carter scored, B. Moss to third

- D. Norris grounded out to third, B. Moss scored

- C. Pennington singled to shallow right, J. Donaldson scored

Bot 5th: Oakland

- C. Carter hit sacrifice fly to center, Y. Cespedes scored

Bot 8th: Oakland

- J. Donaldson singled, A. Rosales scored, B. Moss to third, J. Reddick to second

- C. Pennington hit sacrifice fly to right, B. Moss scored, J. Reddick to third, J. Donaldson to second

Cleveland
	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
J. Kipnis 2b	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.256
A. Cabrera ss	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282
S. Choo rf	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.282
C. Santana 1b	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.237
M. Brantley cf	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	.290
J. Donald lf	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	.227
E. Carrera lf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.389
S. Duncan dh	4	1	1	4	1	0	2	0	1	.210
B. Lillibridge 3b	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.194
C. Kotchman ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226
L. Marson c	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.241
J. Hannahan ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228
Totals	34	4	6	4	1	1	11	0	8

Batting 2B - A Cabrera (28, T Milone). HR - S Duncan (11, 4th inning off T Milone 3 on, 0 Out). RBI - S Duncan 4 (31). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Santana 1, J Donald 1. Team LOB - 5.

Oakland
	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	SB	LOB	Season Avg
C. Crisp cf	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	.246
J. Weeks 2b	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219
Y. Cespedes lf	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.304
C. Carter 1b	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	.272
A. Rosales pr-1b	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208
B. Moss rf	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.232
J. Gomes dh	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	.252
J. Reddick ph-dh	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253
J. Donaldson 3b	4	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.196
D. Norris c	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	5	.202
C. Pennington ss	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	3	.199
Totals	33	6	11	6	0	2	9	2	14

Batting 2B - Y Cespedes (16, Z McAllister); J Donaldson (6, Z McAllister). SF - C Carter, C Pennington. RBI - C Carter (23), J Donaldson 2 (10), D Norris (20), C Pennington 2 (18). 2-out RBI - C Pennington. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Crisp 3, C Pennington 1. Team LOB - 7.

Base Running SB - Y Cespedes (11, 3rd base off Z McAllister/L Marson), C Pennington (12, 2nd base off Z McAllister/L Marson).  Fielding E - Y Cespedes (3, field).

Cleveland
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
Z. McAllister	6.0	8	4	4	1	6	0	1.24	3.64
T. Sipp	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.24	4.69
J. Smith (L, 7-3)	0.1	1	2	2	1	1	0	1.19	3.33
V. Pestano	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.96	1.53
Oakland
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
T. Milone	5.0	6	4	3	1	6	1	1.22	3.96
P. Neshek	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.60	1.35
J. Norberto (W, 4-1)	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.13	2.77
G. Balfour (S, 10)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.96	2.57

HBP - S Choo (by J Norberto).

Pitches-strikes - Z McAllister 91-63; T Sipp 7-6; J Smith 18-10; V Pestano 26-15; T Milone 95-60; P Neshek 16-12; J Norberto 28-18; G Balfour 14-9.

Ground balls-fly balls - Z McAllister 10-4; T Sipp 0-0; J Smith 0-0; V Pestano 0-0; T Milone 6-6; P Neshek 1-1; J Norberto 0-3; G Balfour 1-1.

Batters faced - Z McAllister 27; T Sipp 2; J Smith 3; V Pestano 5; T Milone 23; P Neshek 4; J Norberto 6; G Balfour 3.

Game Details

Umpires: HP–Joe West. 1B–Sam Holbrook. 2B–Andy Fletcher. 3B–Rob Drake. Weather: 63 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, out to right.