New York Yankees vs Cleveland Guardians Match Player Stats On Aug 03, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Aug 3, 2017

CLEVELAND -- Corey Kluber pitched a three-hitter for his third complete game of the season as the Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees 5-1 on Thursday night at Progressive Field.

Kluber (9-3) struck out 11 and walked one. The Yankees' only run came on a solo homer by Gary Sanchez in the seventh inning.

Francisco Lindor homered and Yan Gomes had two RBIs for the Indians, who snapped their three-game losing streak. New York lost its third game in a row.

In his Yankees debut, Sonny Gray (6-6) pitched six innings, allowing four runs (two earned) and four hits with six strikeouts and three walks.

The Yankees' defense had a first-inning meltdown that resulted in two Cleveland runs, both unearned. Bradley Zimmer led off the inning by hitting a grounder that was booted by first baseman Chase Headley. Zimmer went to second on a groundout by Lindor.

Michael Brantley hit a grounder that was booted by second baseman Tyler Wade for the Yankees' second error of the inning. Zimmer went to third on the play.

Jose Ramirez then hit a single to right field, scoring Zimmer. Brantley went from first to third on the hit, and when right fielder Clint Frazier overthrew third baseman Ronald Torreyes for the Yankees' third error of the inning, Brantley trotted home to give the Indians a 2-0 lead.

Cleveland added two more runs in the sixth inning with a two-out rally. After Gray retired the first two batters of the inning, Carlos Santana drew a walk and went to second on a single to right by Brandon Guyer.

Gomes snapped an 0-for-13 slide by bouncing a double off the left field wall, scoring both baserunners.

Sanchez lined a 2-1 pitch from Kluber over the wall in center field for his 17th home run of the season to make it 4-1.

Lindor made it 5-1 in the bottom of the seventh, belting an 0-2 pitch from reliever Chasen Shreve over the left field wall for his 18th home run. Lindor extended his hitting streak to a career-high 13 games.

NOTES: Indians 2B Jason Kipnis will play for Triple-A Columbus on Friday on a rehab assignment, and if he has no setbacks, the Indians will activate him Sunday. Kipnis has been on the disabled list since July 9 due to a strained right hamstring ... Having been rained out in Boston on Wednesday and with a scheduled off day Monday, the Indians will temporarily go with a four-man rotation. Manager Terry Francona said RHP Mike Clevinger would be moved to the bullpen for the next five to seven days. ... Yankees OF Aaron Judge, who has struggled since the All-Star break, was given a night off Thursday. Since the All-Star break, Judge is hitting .164 with a .657 OPS. ... With the additions of RHP Sonny Gray and LHP Jaime Garcia, who will start Friday, the Yankees will have used nine starting pitchers in their first 22 games after the All-Star break. The Yankees used seven starters in 86 contests prior to the break.