Indians Get Complete Game Performance From Carrasco; Win Fourth Game in A Row, Three Takeaways From 5-1 Victory

CLEVELAND, Ohio- On Wednesday evening, the Cleveland Indians took on the Detroit Tigers in what was game three of a four game series concluding on Thursday

CLEVELAND, Ohio- On Wednesday evening, the Cleveland Indians took on the Detroit Tigers in what was game three of a four game series concluding on Thursday night.

Coming into tonight's game against the Tigers, the Indians have won three games in a row and have taken the first two games against Detroit.

Heading into Wednesday evening's match up the Indians came in with a record of 6-5 and was only a half a game behind the Minnesota Twins for the early first place lead. The Tigers came in with a record of 4-6 .

Following the Indians 5-1 victory over the Tigers, the Indians improve to 7-5 on the season. As the Tigers fall to 4-7 on the year.

Here’s our three takeaways from the Indians 5-1 victory.

1.) Tribe Scoring Without the Long Ball

In the fourth inning of Wednesday's game, the Cleveland Indians managed to put together a four run inning which gave Cleveland an early 4-0 lead over the Tigers.

That was only the second time in the 2018 season that the Indians managed to score four runs or more in an inning outside of a four run inning they put together against the Seattle Mariners when Yonder Alonso hit a grand slam. The Indians have also struggled to score more than 4 runs in a game so far this year and on Wednesday marked only their fourth time in twelve games.

Just the 2nd inning in which the #Indians have scored four or more runs in 2018, the first 4-run inning came in the first inning of the second game on a Yonder Alonso grand slam - only the 4th of now 12 games the team will have scored 4 or more runs total

— Matt Loede (@MattLoede) April 11, 2018

The Indians managed to score without hitting a home run in the fourth inning and did it in a very rare way that has not been seen to often this season; Cleveland put together an inning that saw the team produce six singles, four runs, and a double steal from Jose Ramirez and Michael Brantley.

Indians only managed to score 10 runs in their first 5 home games before tonight.

2.) Completed Cookie

Wednesday Night saw Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco pitch his ninth complete game in his career so far and his first complete game at home. This was Cookie's first complete game since September 6,2017 against the Chicago White Sox.

Carrasco pitched 9 innings pitched, gave up 3 hits, allowed 1 earned run, gave up 1 home run, walk 2 batters and struck out 6 batters.

Carrasco also extended his career-long win streak to nine games after tonight's start. This streak dates back to August 27,2017, during the streak Carlos has gone 9-0 with an ERA of 1.92, giving up just 15 earned runs in 70.1 innings pitched over a span of 10 starts.

The Indians right handed pitcher has also won 12 consecutive decisions against AL Central opponents; which is the second-longest streak against a single division, behind Zach Greinke.

Greinke has won 14 consecutive decisions against the NL East dating back to August 23,2014 and still currently maintains that streak.

3.) Jose Ramirez remains En Fuego against the Tigers

On Wednesday, Jose Ramirez went 1-3 with a stolen base. Ramirez extended his on-base streak vs Detroit to 17 games, which dates back to May 2, 2017. Ramirez's on-base streak is the Indians second-longest active on-base streak against the Tigers.

During his streak, Ramirez is hitting .481 (26-54) and has drawn 10 walks.

Since the start of 2017, Ramirez is batting .479 (34-71) against the Tigers and has hit 10 home runs and drove in 26 RBI's.

The Indians will be looking to sweep the Tigers in the finale on Thursday. The Indians will be sending Trevor Bauer to the hill and will be opposed by Detroit's Michael Fulmer.

First pitch is scheduled to be at 6:10 PM EST.