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Lester Falls Down; Bullpen Picks Him Up

Posted on July 27, 2012 at 05:34 PM.

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Game 109 vs. CLE

Jon Lester was dealing through the 1st 2 innings, striking out 4. He noticed some forearm pain, and left during the inning. (He will miss 1-2 weeks and not go on the DL. Felix Doubront will replace him in the rotation.)

Mark Melancon started a chain of sensational bullpen outings. Combined, 4 pitchers threw 6 and 2/3 innings of no-hit ball. There was one walk. Melancon K'd the side in the 4th.

The bats were there, of course. Hunter Pence extended his hitting streak to 21 straight. Adam Jones was 4-5. Paul Konerko, Mark Trumbo, and JJ Hardy homered.

Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers
Aug 5, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland (48-60)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Detroit (101-8)	3	4	0	2	1	2	0	0	X	12	15	1
W: Mark Melancon (5-0) L: Josh Tomlin (7-6)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CLE	DET
DET	1	Adam Jones singles. Andre Ethier scores.	0	1
DET	1	Mark Trumbo doubles. Adam Jones scores. Paul Konerko to 3rd.	0	2
DET	1	Edwin Encarnacion hits a sacrifice fly. Paul Konerko scores. Mark Trumbo to 3rd.	0	3
DET	2	Andre Ethier doubles. Hunter Pence scores.	0	4
DET	2	Adam Jones singles. Andre Ethier scores.	0	5
DET	2	Paul Konerko homers to right-center. Adam Jones scores.	0	7
DET	4	Andre Ethier grounds out. Hunter Pence scores.	0	8
DET	4	Paul Konerko reaches on an error. Adam Jones scores.	0	9
DET	5	JJ Hardy homers to left-center.	0	10
DET	6	Mark Trumbo homers to left-center. Paul Konerko scores.	0	12

Cleveland Indians
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Asdrubal Cabrera	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.306
Michael Brantley	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235
Romulo Bedard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230
Carlos Santana	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	.200
Dirk Castaneda	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
Jason Kipnis	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.238
Matt LaPorta	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.218
Lonnie Chisenhall	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.253
Travis Hafner	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.223
Casey Kotchman	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.293
Grady Sizemore	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.183
TEAM TOTALS	30	0	2	0	1	13	0	---
BATTING: 3B: C. Santana (3)
FIELDING: E: M. LaPorta (1)

Detroit Tigers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Hunter Pence	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	.309
Andre Ethier	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	.365
JD Martinez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309
Adam Jones	5	3	4	2	0	0	0	.397
Paul Konerko	5	3	3	2	0	0	1	.289
Mark Trumbo	4	1	3	3	0	0	1	.392
Edwin Encarnacion	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.246
Ian Kinsler	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303
JJ Hardy	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.287
Geovany Soto	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284
TEAM TOTALS	39	12	15	11	0	1	3	---
BATTING: 2B: A. Ethier 2 (37), A. Jones (45), H. Pence (25), M. Trumbo (6) 3B: A. Jones (10), H. Pence (7) HR: JJ Hardy (13), M. Trumbo (14), P. Konerko (25) SF: E. Encarnacion (2) RBI: A. Ethier 2 (68), JJ Hardy (55), A. Jones 2 (136), M. Trumbo 3 (40), E. Encarnacion (14), P. Konerko 2 (78)
FIELDING: E: I. Kinsler (3)

Cleveland Indians
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Josh Tomlin (L)	1.2	7	6	6	0	0	0	4.26
Dan Wheeler	2.0	4	3	2	0	1	1	4.29
Joe Smith	2.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	4.81
Vinnie Pestano	1.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3.48
Tony Sipp	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.90
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	15	12	11	0	1	3	---

Detroit Tigers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jon Lester	2.1	2	0	0	0	4	0	4.27
Mark Melancon (W)	3.0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0.56
Daniel Schlereth (H)	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.81
Brian Fuentes	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	3.48
Matt Guerrier	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.10
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	2	0	0	1	13	0	---