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Rays

Lowe homered off the right field foul pole on the first pitch.

Homered off the right field foul pole on the first pitch.

Wendle popped out to second baseman E.González.

Popped out to second baseman E.González.

Guardians

Duffy doubled to right, Lowe scored, Wendle scored.

Doubled to right, Lowe scored, Wendle scored.

Kipnis homered off the right field foul pole on a 2-1 count.

Homered off the right field foul pole on a 2-1 count.

Indians second.  Guyer safe at second on throwing error by third baseman Duffy.  Cabrera doubled to center, Guyer scored.  Gomes doubled to left, Cabrera scored.  E.González fouled out on a bunt to catcher Sucre.  Lindor struck out, catcher Sucre to first baseman Bauers.  Brantley singled to center, Gomes to third.  Gomes was out advancing, center fielder Kiermaier to catcher Sucre, Gomes out.

Rays sixth.  Lowe singled to center.  Wendle doubled to right, Lowe to third.  Duffy doubled to right, Lowe scored, Wendle scored.  Choi grounded out, second baseman E.González to first baseman Encarnacion, Duffy to third.  Pham doubled to left, Duffy scored.  Olson pitching.  Kiermaier singled to right, Pham scored.  Kiermaier to second.  Adames was intentionally walked.  Bauers struck out.  Cimber pitching.  Sucre grounded out, third baseman J.Ramírez to first baseman Encarnacion.

Rays ninth.  Tomlin pitching.  Lowe homered off the right field foul pole on the first pitch.  Wendle popped out to second baseman E.González.  Duffy singled to center.  Choi struck out.  Pham popped out to center fielder Guyer.

Indians ninth.  Kipnis pinch-hitting for Guyer.  Kipnis homered off the right field foul pole on a 2-1 count.  Cabrera lined out to second baseman Wendle.  Gomes struck out.  Kolarek pitching.  Alonso pinch-hitting for E.González.  Alonso grounded out, first baseman Bauers to pitcher Kolarek.

 Since May 19th, when Tampa Bay implemented the concept of a reliever opening each game as the starter, the Rays' pitching staff has posted a 3.34 ERA with a .223 opponent batting average. The average is the lowest in MLB, and the ERA trails only the Dodgers (3.22) for the lowest in MLB since that date.

 The Indians are averaging 5.61 runs at home compared to 4.57 on the road. That difference (1.04) in runs per game at home and away is the second largest in MLB, behind the Rangers (1.49, home better).

 This is the first time the two teams are meeting this season. The Indians lead the matchup 93-58 (.616), their best winning percentage versus any single opponent in team history.

 In his first seven games with the Rays, Tommy Pham went 2-for-22 (.091) with a .422 OPS. Since then, he is 11-for-23 (.478) with a 1.303 OPS in five games.

 Since July 1st, Michael Brantley has struck out just 14 times in 222 plate appearances. He is averaging a strikeout every 12.37 plate appearances, the second-highest ratio among qualified players (Andrelton Simmons, 16.13).

 Cleveland is the only team this season with four starters having an ERA below 3.50 (minimum 25 starts). If that were to finish the same, it would be the second time the team had four starters post such an ERA since earned runs became official in 1913, along with 1954.

HP - Wolf, 1B - Holbrook, 2B - Segal, 3B - Marquez

CLEVELAND -- Entering the game Friday night, both the Cleveland Indians and Tampa Bay Rays had just 29 games left in the regular season, but had yet to play each other.
The teams finally got together on Friday and the Indians won 3-0. After the game, the Indians acquired third baseman Josh Donaldson from the Toronto Blue Jays.

Rays, Indians meet for only second time this season

CLEVELAND (AP)  Blake Snell has put himself in the middle of the race for the AL Cy Young Award.
Snell moved into a tie for the major league lead with his 17th win as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Indians 5-3 on Saturday night.

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Tampa Bay Rays @ Cleveland Guardians on September 1, 2018

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