DETROIT (AP) — Zach Plesac pitched impressively into the eighth inning, and Brad Hand worked out of a jam in the ninth to lift the Indians to a 1-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers.
Francisco Lindor drove in the game’s only run with a fifth-inning sacrifice fly, and Plesac rebounded after allowing a season-high five runs at Minnesota in his previous outing.
In the ninth, Hand allowed a one-out triple by Daz Cameron but struck out Jorge Bonifacio and Niko Goodrum to end it. It was Hand’s 13th save in 13 chances.