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Cleveland rallied for four runs in the 9th inning to force a 9-9 St. Patrick's Day deadlock on Sunday afternoon at Goodyear Ballpark.
C ERIC HAASE (1-for-2, 2B, 2RBI) and RF JORDAN LUPLOW (1-for-3, 2B, 2R, 2RBI) each drove in a pair of runs, while 1B CARLOS SANTANA (2-for-3, 2B, R) tallied his fifth multi-hit game of the spring to raise his Cactus League average to .405 (15-37, 2 2B, 3HR, 9RBI, 9R). LF GREG ALLEN added an RBI-triple and is now batting .419 (13-31). Making his second official CL start, RHP COREY KLUBER (3.2IP, 6H, 5R-ER, 2BB, 3SO, HR) worked 3.0 scoreless frames to start the contest before the Reds offense broke out for five runs in the 4th inning, a frame highlighted by YASIEL PUIG’s grand slam - one of 3 homers hit by Cincinnati. RHP NICK WITTGREN also fanned 3 across 2.0 scoreless frames out of the Tribe bullpen – his sixth consecutive scoreless appearance over a span of 7.0 innings.
On Monday at Goodyear Ballpark, the Indians will host the San Diego Padres for a 1:05 MST/4:05 PM EDT first pitch. RHP TREVOR BAUER will make his fifth start of the spring against RHP CHRIS PADDACK for the Padres. The game will be available via webcast on Indians.com.