PIRATES REMAIN RED HOT

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PITTSBURGH 7, CLEVELAND 0

WHEN: 7:10 PM ET, Monday, July 23, 2018

WHERE: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio

TEMPERATURE: 75° 

UMPIRES: Home - Bill Miller, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - Nick Mahrley, 3B - Chris Guccione

ATTENDANCE: 24925

Josh Harrison finished 2-for-3 with a three-run home run, and the Pittsburgh Pirates increased their winning streak to 10 games with a rain-shortened 7-0 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night at Progressive Field.

The game was called in the top of the seventh inning after the third rain delay of the night. The start of the game was delayed an hour by inclement weather, and more rain prompted a second delay in the bottom of the third.

Starling Marte and Gregory Polanco had two RBIs apiece for the Pirates, who have not dropped a game since July 10 and have a double-digit winning streak for the first time since 2004. Pittsburgh improved to 11-2 in interleague play.

The Indians failed to record an extra-base hit and were shut out for the fifth time this season. Cleveland remains comfortably in first place in the American League Central division but has lost two in a row and eight of 13.

The rain delays did little to disrupt Pirates right-hander Trevor Williams (8-7), who pitched six scoreless innings for his second straight win. He gave up four hits, walked two and struck out one.

Indians right-hander Corey Kluber (12-6) endured a much worse night. He surrendered a season-high seven runs (three earned) on nine hits in four innings while walking one and striking out two.

The game marked the first start in 11 days for Kluber, who missed the All-Star Game because of inflammation in his right knee. The two-time American League Cy Young Award winner has downplayed the injury, but his numbers tell a different story, as he is 2-4 with a 5.21 ERA (22 earned runs in 38 innings) in seven starts since June 15.

Pittsburgh wasted no time getting to Kluber with four runs in the second. With two on and two out, Harrison clubbed a breaking ball into the left field bleachers for his fifth home run of the season and his first since June 16.

Jordy Mercer doubled in the next at-bat and scored two batters later on Marte's single to right field. Marte extended his hitting streak to 16 games, a career high.

The Pirates added three in the fourth. Marte notched his second RBI with a single to center field, and Polanco followed with a two-run double.

TOP GAME PERFORMANCES

STARTING PITCHERS

PITTSBURGH		CLEVELAND
Trevor Williams	Player	Corey Kluber
Win	W/L	Loss
6.0	IP	4.0
1	Strikeouts	2
4	Hits	9
0.00	ERA	6.75

HITTING

PITTSBURGH		CLEVELAND
Josh Harrison	Player	Jason Kipnis
2	Hits	1
3	RBI	0
1	HR	0
5	TB	1
.667	Avg	.500

 TEAM STATS SUMMARY

Team	Hits	HR	TB	Avg	LOB	K	RBI	BB	SB	Errors
Pittsburgh	10	1	16	.370	10	4	7	1	0	0
Cleveland	4	0	4	.182	12	1	0	2	0	1

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SCORING SUMMARY

INNING				PIT	CLE
PIRATES		2nd	Harrison homered to left (430 feet), Bell and Freese scored.	3	0
PIRATES		2nd	Marte singled to right, Mercer scored, Dickerson to third, Marte to second advancing on throw.	4	0
PIRATES		4th	Marte singled to center, Harrison scored, Dickerson to second.	5	0
PIRATES		4th	Polanco tripled to deep left center, Dickerson and Marte scored.	7	0

FINAL SCORING SUMMARY

FINAL	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PITTSBURGH	0	4	0	3	0	0	-	-	-	7	10	0
CLEVELAND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	4	1

PITTSBURGH

HITTERS	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG
Corey Dickerson	LF	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	.315
Starling Marte	CF	3	1	2	2	0	0	1	.287
Gregory Polanco	RF	3	0	1	2	0	0	3	.238
Elias Diaz	C	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.282
Colin Moran	DH	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	.267
Josh Bell	1B	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	.270
David Freese	3B	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	.278
Josh Harrison	2B	3	2	2	3	0	1	0	.254
Jordy Mercer	SS	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	.258
Totals		27	7	10	7	1	4	10
Batting
2B - Jordy Mercer (24)
3B - Gregory Polanco (4)
HR - Josh Harrison (5)
TB - Corey Dickerson, Starling Marte 2, Gregory Polanco 3, Colin Moran, Josh Bell, Josh Harrison 5, Jordy Mercer 3
RBI - Starling Marte 2 (51), Gregory Polanco 2 (56), Josh Harrison 3 (26)
2-Out RBI - Starling Marte 2 (22), Gregory Polanco 2 (15), Josh Harrison 3 (12)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Gregory Polanco 2 (25), Elias Diaz (20)
GIDP - Gregory Polanco (9), David Freese (7)
Team LOB - 3

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Trevor Williams (W 8-7)	6.0	4	0	0	2	1	0	4.11
WP - Trevor Williams
Pitches-Strikes - Trevor Williams 84-54
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Trevor Williams 8-6
Batters Faced - Trevor Williams 24

Cleveland

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Francisco Lindor	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290
Michael Brantley	LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.303
Jose Ramirez	3B	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.302
Yandy Diaz	DH	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500
Yonder Alonso	1B	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	.256
Melky Cabrera	RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	.246
Jason Kipnis	2B	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.221
Yan Gomes	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.243
Tyler Naquin	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.263
Totals		22	0	4	0	2	1	12
Batting
TB - Michael Brantley, Yandy Diaz, Melky Cabrera, Jason Kipnis
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Melky Cabrera 2 (9), Tyler Naquin (16)
Team LOB - 6
Fielding
E - Yonder Alonso (6)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Corey Kluber (L 12-6)	4.0	9	7	3	1	2	1	2.88
Zach McAllister	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5.09
Pitches-Strikes - Corey Kluber 72-49, Zach McAllister 19-15
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Corey Kluber 4-5, Zach McAllister 1-0
Batters Faced - Corey Kluber 22, Zach McAllister 6