The Tribe came into Saturday nights game looking to take the first two of this three game series.
For the Indians Adam Plutko took the mound with a record of 4-3 and an ERA of 4.83. For the visiting Angels pitcher Felix Pena would try his luck against the indians. Pena came into today's game with a record of 8-3, and a 4.66 ERA.
Both pitchers had a great first inning giving up no runs. But in the bottom of the second, a routine out at first took a turn for the worse. Felix Pena while tagging first base for the out landed awkwardly and would not get back up, having to be carried off by teammates. Trevor Cahill came in and retired the side, keeping the score 0-0 through two innings.
All was quite offensively until the bottom of the 5th. Newly Acquired Franmil Reyes lead the inning off with a double. That would be the Indians first hit of the game, but not the last as Jason Kipnis was up next and hit a home run to score Reyes giving the Indians the lead making the score score of 2-0.
Then Lindor decided he wanted to get in on the hitting, lindor went deep with a 3 run home run making the score 5-0 in the bottom of the 5th.
The Angels would answer back with a run scored in the top of the 6th by David Fletcher making the score 5-1 going into the 7th inning.
Both teams would make pitching changes in the 7th inning, keeping the score 5-1 heading into the 8th.
The Indians would add to this total and make the score 7-2.
The Indians win to improve to 65-45 and look to make a sweep Sunday at 1:05.