7 - 18 - 10 vs. Detroit W, 7 - 2 38 - 54
He was told that it would simply be a spot start, and that he would be headed back to the minor leagues afterwards, yet Jeanmar Gomez was still very excited to be making his major league debut against the Tigers. And he turned that excitement into a gem as he went seven innings without allowing a single earned run, and he quickly picked up his first career win to help the Tribe to a stunning sweep of Detroit.
The Indians gave their young pitcher all the support he would need by producing their most exciting play of the year in the 1st. There were two men on base with two outs when Jhonny Peralta lofted a fly ball into deep right - center field. Ryan Raburn made a valiant attempt at a catch, but he went crashing through the bullpen door that is a part of the wall in that portion of the outfield, while the ball went rolling into left - center. That enabled Peralta to circle the bases for an improbable three - run, inside - the - park homer.
In the 4th, after a pair of walks, Jason Donald and Michael Brantley both came through in the clutch with a RBI grounder and a RBI single, respectively. The rout was on.
Gomez hit his only rough patch in the 6th, and even though he allowed the Tigers to score twice, neither run was earned due to an error by Andy Marte at first base.
The Tribe was able to score two more times on a Matt LaPorta triple in the 7th, and on a Jayson Nix single in the 8th.
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