Game 3: Cleveland's Brandon Woodruff (8-7, 4.20) at Detroit's Michael Fulmer (6-7,
4.07)
Again Detroit takes a 1-0 lead, on Paul Goldschmidt's first inning homer, then
Cleveland's Carlos Correa and Detroit's Wil Myers also homer to make it 2-1 Tigers.
Gleyber Torres doubled with two outs in the third and Max Kepler singled him in to
knot the score again, 2-2. Indians starter Brandon Woodruff struck out Cristian Pache
and Xander Bogaerts to open the bottom half, then gave up single-walk-walk-double-walk,
highlighted by Jake Cave's bases-clearing double to give the Tigers a 5-2 lead.
Woodruff, given a longer leash while trailing, wild pitched Cave to third and Myers to
second, then got Dexter Fowler to fly out to end the inning.
The Indians then put together a seven-run fourth inning off Tigers starter Michael Fulmer
and relievers Carlos Martinez and Drew Pomeranz, highlighted by Dylan Carlson's RBI double,
Torres' three-run homer and Correa's three-run double. The Indians led 9-5.
With the Tigers' backs were against the wall, they responded in the sixth with Myers'
second homer of the game to chase Woodruff, then two more in the bottom of the seventh
as Goldschmidt's second homer of the game, off Reyes Moronta, scored Bogaerts to cut the
deficit to 9-8. The Indians put runners in scoring position in the eighth and ninth innings
but couldn't push across an insurance run, then Indians closer Joe Jimenez made his first
appearance of the series to try and close things out. Bogaerts grounded a double down the
third-base line, Brandon Lowe moved him to third with a groundout to second, and Goldschmidt
had his third run-scoring hit of the day, grounding a single up the middle through a
drawn-in infield. Two more groundouts -- sense a pattern? -- and extra innings were at hand.
Tigers closer Jose Leclerc, who kept the Indians off the scoreboard in the ninth, remained
in the game for the 10th:
************** Top of the 10th inning, Indians batting
9-9 0 --- 10 Carlson grounded out to second (BX)
9-9 1 --- 22 Acuna Jr. flied out to left (CBFBX)
9-9 2 --- 31 Torres,G reached on an infield single to short (BBCBX)
9-9 2 1-- 11 Kepler reached on an infield single to second, Torres,G
to second (FBX)
9-9 2 12- 31 Realmuto walked, ball four was a passed ball charged to
Knizner, Torres,G scored, Kepler to third (BBSBB)
Alvarado,J now pitching
Encarnacion pinch hitting for Lamb
10-9 2 1-3 02 Encarnacion grounded out to second (CFFX)
That had to be the passed ball of all time to score Torres from second with the go-ahead run
on a pitch that was not 3-2, more awful luck for the Tigers.
Jimenez remained on for the 10th, giving up a leadoff single to Myers and getting flyouts
from Fowler and passed-ball goat Andrew Knizner. After Cristian Pache grounded a single to
send Myers to third, Indians manager Jake Taylor went to his bullpen one more time, summoning
Game 1 and late-season disappointment Lou Trivino to get the last out. Trivino induced a
grounder to short, forcing Pache at second, and the Indians completed the three-game sweep.
Detroit had a 1-0 lead in every game and should have won Game 1, so this is a tough result
for the Tigers, but I definitely feared them and feel fortunate to be moving on. I liked the
Tigers bullpen, and yet they allowed 12 runs in 12.2 innings. With a Game 1 win, who knows
what the Tigers might have done?
Nate and the Tigers had a great season, and with Trevor Rogers and Logan Webb heading the
Tigers' rotation, they should be right in the mix in a tough AL Central next year, too.
-- David de la Fuente
10/4/2021, Cle21-Det21, Comerica Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
2021 Indians 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 13 0 10 0
2021 Tigers 1 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 9 13 1 7 1
Indians AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Acuna Jr. cf 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 2 0 0 0
Torres,G 2b 6 3 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .438 1 1 0 0
Kepler rf 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 2 0 0 0
Realmuto c 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 12 0 0 0
Lamb dh 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Encarnacion ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0
Correa ss 4 2 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 1 7 0 0
Miller,Bra 1b 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0
Anderson,Bri 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 1 2 0 0
Carlson lf 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 2 0 0 0
Woodruff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Gsellman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Lovelady p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Moronta p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Claudio p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Whitley,K p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Jimenez,J p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Trivino p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
42 10 13 9 3 0 2 8 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 10 0 0
Tigers AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Bogaerts ss 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 4 4 0 0
Lowe,B 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 1 3 0 0
Goldschmidt 1b 4 3 3 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 9 1 0 0
DeJong 3b 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 0 1 0 0
Cave rf 3 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364 2 0 0 0
Murphy,S ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 0 0 0 0
Kipnis 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0
Myers,W lf 4 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 3 0 0 0
Fowler,De dh 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 0 0 0 0
Knizner c 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 9 0 1 1
Pache cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 2 0 0 0
Fulmer,M p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Martinez,C p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Pomeranz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Reed,C p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Leclerc p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Alvarado,J p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
43 9 13 9 3 0 4 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 11 1 1
Indians INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA
Woodruff 5.1 5 6 6 3 8 93 57 24 3 0 0 1 0 10.13
Gsellman H 1 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 16 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.40
Lovelady H 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.75
Moronta 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 7 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 13.50
Claudio H 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 11 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 18.00
Whitley,K H 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 10 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jimenez,J BS 1, W 1-0 1.2 4 1 1 0 0 31 22 9 0 0 0 0 0 5.40
Trivino S 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
10.0 13 9 9 3 12 176 114 46 4 0 0 1 0
Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA
Fulmer,M 3.1 6 5 5 2 2 59 36 18 1 0 0 0 0 13.50
Martinez,C 0.1 1 4 4 3 0 27 11 5 1 0 0 0 0 32.40
Pomeranz 2.1 2 0 0 0 6 39 29 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Reed,C 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 29 22 7 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
Leclerc L 0-2 1.2 2 1 0 3 0 38 19 10 0 0 0 0 0 9.00
Alvarado,J 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 36.00
10.0 13 10 9 8 9 196 121 50 2 0 0 0 1
Cle: Encarnacion batted for Lamb in the 10th
Det: Murphy,S batted for Cave in the 7th
Lowe,B moved to rf in the 8th
Kipnis inserted at 2b in the 8th
Temperature: 74, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 1 MPH.
10/4/2021, Cle21-Det21, Comerica Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
2021 Indians 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 13 0 10 0
2021 Tigers 1 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 9 13 1 7 1
Indians -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Acuna Jr. cf 1>6/L 8 Martinez,C k k
7
Torres,G 2b S D HR.3-H;2-H 6>43 S
Kepler rf 4/L S.2-H W S note 1
53
Realmuto c 43 S.1-3 W.1-2 k 9>Leclerc
63
Lamb dh 2>9 k W.2-3;1-2 k W
Encarnacion ph
Correa ss HR 4>W Pomeranz 7>Reed,C 36/f.B-1
note 2 S
Miller,Bra 1b 7 W.1-2 k 9 W.1-2
Anderson,Bri 3b k 6/fl 5>k 463/gdp 8
Carlson lf 3>63 D.2-H;1-3 k 8>63 0>43
1: SB2.1-3(e2/th) 2: D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Bogaerts ss 1>53 k k 7>S 9>Jimenez,J
D
Lowe,B 2b k S 5>k Lovelady 43.2-3
k
Goldschmidt 1b HR W.1-2 8 Moronta S.3-H
HR.1-H
DeJong 3b k W.2-3;1-2 53 D 63.1-2
Cave rf 2>7 note 1 6>k Claudio
Murphy,S ph 63
Kipnis 2b 63
Myers,W lf HR W HR 63 0>S
Fowler,De dh 63 wp.2-3;1-2 Gsellman 8>k 8
5/fl k
Knizner c 9 4>9 S Whitley,K 7
k
Pache cf 3>k k 64/f 63 S.1-3
1: D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Indians -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------
Acuna Jr. cf 7
Torres,G 2b S
Kepler rf S.1-2
Realmuto c note 1
Lamb dh Alvarado,J
Encarnacion ph 43
Correa ss
Miller,Bra 1b
Anderson,Bri 3b
Carlson lf
1: W+pb.2-H;1-3
Tigers -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------
Bogaerts ss Trivino
6/f
Lowe,B 2b
Goldschmidt 1b
DeJong 3b
Cave rf
Murphy,S ph
Kipnis 2b
Myers,W lf
Fowler,De dh
Knizner c
Pache cf
Indians IN OUT ER Tigers IN OUT ER
Woodruff A1 C6 6 Fulmer,M A1 B9 5
Gsellman C7 D1 1 H 1 Martinez,C C1 C5 4
Lovelady D2 D2 0 H 1 Pomeranz C6 D5 0
Moronta D3 D4 1 Reed,C D6 E3 0
Claudio D5 D7 0 H 1 Leclerc E4 F4 0 L 0-2
Whitley,K D8 D9 0 H 1 Alvarado,J F5 F5 0
Jimenez,J E1 E9 1 BS 1, W 1-0
Trivino F1 F1 0 S 1
10/4/2021, Cle21-Det21, Comerica Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
2021 Indians 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 13 0 10 0
2021 Tigers 1 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 9 13 1 7 1
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Indians batting
0-0 0 --- 10 Acuna Jr. lined out to short (BX)
0-0 1 --- 00 Torres,G lined a single to right (X)
0-0 1 1-- 10 Kepler lined out to second (BX)
0-0 2 1-- 01 Realmuto grounded out to second (FX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 00 Bogaerts grounded out to third (X)
0-0 1 --- 22 Lowe,B struck out (BCSBFC)
0-0 2 --- 32 Goldschmidt homered deep to center (CBBSBX)
0-1 2 --- 32 DeJong struck out (CCBBBS)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Indians batting
0-1 0 --- 00 Lamb lined out to right (X)
0-1 1 --- 01 Correa homered deep to left (CX)
1-1 1 --- 00 Miller,Bra flied out to left (X)
1-1 2 --- 12 Anderson,Bri struck out (CBFS)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Tigers batting
1-1 0 --- 11 Cave flied out to left (CBX)
1-1 1 --- 20 Myers,W homered deep to right (BBX)
1-2 1 --- 01 Fowler,De grounded out to short (SX)
1-2 2 --- 01 Knizner flied out to right (SX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Indians batting
1-2 0 --- 10 Carlson grounded out to short (BX)
1-2 1 --- 10 Acuna Jr. flied out to center (BX)
1-2 2 --- 22 Torres,G doubled deep down the left-field line (BBFFX)
1-2 2 -2- 02 Kepler lined a single down the right field line, Torres,G
scored (CSFX)
2-2 2 1-- 12 Realmuto lined a single down the right field line, Kepler
to third (FCBX)
2-2 2 1-3 32 Lamb struck out (BBCFFB>S)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Tigers batting
2-2 0 --- 22 Pache struck out (BBCSS)
2-2 1 --- 12 Bogaerts struck out (BCSC)
2-2 2 --- 01 Lowe,B lined a single to shallow right (SX)
2-2 2 1-- 30 Goldschmidt walked, Lowe,B to second (BBBB)
2-2 2 12- 32 DeJong walked, Lowe,B to third, Goldschmidt to second
(BBSBF>B)
2-2 2 123 01 Cave lined a double to left center, Lowe,B scored,
Goldschmidt scored, DeJong scored (SX)
2-5 2 -2- 32 Myers,W walked (BCBBCB)
2-5 2 12- 10 Woodruff threw a wild pitch, Cave to third, Myers,W to
second (BB)
2-5 2 -23 21 Fowler,De popped out to third (BB.SX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Indians batting
2-5 0 --- 32 Correa walked (FBBBCB)
2-5 0 1-- 30 Miller,Bra walked, Correa to second (BBBB)
2-5 0 12- 12 Anderson,Bri popped out to short (BCCX)
2-5 1 12- 32 Carlson lined a double down the first base line, Correa
scored, Miller,Bra to third (BCFBBX)
Martinez,C now pitching
3-5 1 -23 22 Acuna Jr. lined out to left (BBCSX)
3-5 2 -23 20 Torres,G homered deep down the left-field line,
Miller,Bra scored, Carlson scored (BBX)
6-5 2 --- 32 Kepler walked (BFCBBFB)
6-5 2 1-- 32 Realmuto walked, Kepler to second (BBBCC>F>B)
6-5 2 12- 31 Lamb walked, Kepler to third, Realmuto to second (BCBBB)
Pomeranz now pitching
6-5 2 123 11 Correa doubled deep to left center, Kepler scored,
Realmuto scored, Lamb scored (BFX)
9-5 2 -2- 02 Miller,Bra struck out (CCS)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Tigers batting
9-5 0 --- 01 Knizner flied out to right (FX)
9-5 1 --- 02 Pache struck out (CCS)
9-5 2 --- 22 Bogaerts struck out (BSBFFFS)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Indians batting
9-5 0 --- 32 Anderson,Bri struck out (BBBCFS)
9-5 1 --- 12 Carlson struck out (BCSC)
9-5 2 --- 02 Acuna Jr. struck out (CCS)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Tigers batting
9-5 0 --- 32 Lowe,B struck out (BBBCSS)
9-5 1 --- 02 Goldschmidt flied out to center (CCX)
9-5 2 --- 11 DeJong grounded out to third (BSX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Indians batting
9-5 0 --- 11 Torres,G grounded out to second (CBX)
9-5 1 --- 02 Kepler lined a single to shallow left (SFFX)
9-5 1 1-- 22 Realmuto struck out (BBSFFFC)
9-5 2 1-- 22 Lamb struck out (CBSBFS)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Tigers batting
9-5 0 --- 22 Cave struck out (BBSSC)
9-5 1 --- 01 Myers,W homered deep to left (CX)
Gsellman now pitching
9-6 1 --- 32 Fowler,De struck out (BBSCFBS)
9-6 2 --- 00 Knizner grounded a single up the middle (X)
9-6 2 1-- 22 Pache grounded to short, forcing Knizner at second (BSFBX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Indians batting
Reed,C now pitching
9-6 0 --- 11 Correa grounded a single up the middle (CBX)
9-6 0 1-- 11 Miller,Bra lined out to right (CBX)
9-6 1 1-- 01 Anderson,Bri grounded into a double play, Lowe,B to
Bogaerts to Goldschmidt (FX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Tigers batting
9-6 0 --- 20 Bogaerts reached on an infield single to short (BBX)
Lovelady now pitching
9-6 0 1-- 12 Lowe,B struck out (CBSC)
Moronta now pitching
9-6 1 1-- 31 Goldschmidt homered deep to center, Bogaerts scored
(BBFBX)
9-8 1 --- 01 DeJong lined a double to right center (CX)
Claudio now pitching
Murphy,S pinch hitting for Cave
9-8 1 -2- 12 Murphy,S grounded out to short (CBFX)
9-8 2 -2- 11 Myers,W grounded out to short (CBX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Indians batting
Lowe,B moved to right field
Kipnis now playing second base
9-8 0 --- 32 Carlson grounded out to short (CBSBBX)
9-8 1 --- 12 Acuna Jr. struck out (CFBFFFFS)
9-8 2 --- 12 Torres,G lined a single to shallow right (CFBX)
9-8 2 1-- 00 Torres,G stole second, Torres,G to third on an error by
the catcher Knizner (>C)
9-8 2 --3 02 Kepler grounded out to third (>C.CX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Tigers batting
9-8 0 --- 12 Fowler,De struck out (CBFS)
Whitley,K now pitching
9-8 1 --- 12 Knizner struck out (FFBC)
9-8 2 --- 22 Pache grounded out to short (CCBFBX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Indians batting
Leclerc now pitching
9-8 0 --- 01 Realmuto grounded out to short (CX)
9-8 1 --- 32 Lamb walked (FBSBBB)
9-8 1 1-- 00 Correa grounded to first, forcing Lamb at second, Correa
to first (X)
9-8 2 1-- 32 Miller,Bra walked, Correa to second (CBSBFFB>B)
9-8 2 12- 00 Anderson,Bri flied out to center (X)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Tigers batting
Jimenez,J now pitching
9-8 0 --- 12 Bogaerts grounded a double down the third base line (CSBX)
9-8 0 -2- 11 Lowe,B grounded out to second, Bogaerts to third (BCX)
9-8 1 --3 11 Goldschmidt grounded a single up the middle, Bogaerts
scored (CBX)
9-9 1 1-- 01 DeJong grounded out to short, Goldschmidt to second (CX)
9-9 2 -2- 12 Kipnis grounded out to short (SBFX)
************** Top of the 10th inning, Indians batting
9-9 0 --- 10 Carlson grounded out to second (BX)
9-9 1 --- 22 Acuna Jr. flied out to left (CBFBX)
9-9 2 --- 31 Torres,G reached on an infield single to short (BBCBX)
9-9 2 1-- 11 Kepler reached on an infield single to second, Torres,G
to second (FBX)
9-9 2 12- 31 Realmuto walked, ball four was a passed ball charged to
Knizner, Torres,G scored, Kepler to third (BBSBB)
Alvarado,J now pitching
Encarnacion pinch hitting for Lamb
10-9 2 1-3 02 Encarnacion grounded out to second (CFFX)
************** Bottom of the 10th inning, Tigers batting
10-9 0 --- 12 Myers,W lined a single between first and second (CCBX)
10-9 0 1-- 32 Fowler,De flied out to center (BCBBSX)
10-9 1 1-- 00 Knizner flied out to left (1X)
10-9 2 1-- 12 Pache grounded a single between first and second, Myers,W
to third (BCCX)
Trivino now pitching
10-9 2 1-3 02 Bogaerts grounded to short, forcing Pache at second (CSFX)