Francisco treat: Lindor leads with bat, glove

CLEVELAND — Francisco Lindor’s audience at Progressive Field is growing accustomed to seeing the shortstop smiling wide out on the field. There it was again on Tuesday night, when he pulled off another stunning defensive play in the second inning against the Tigers.

In the Tribe’s 7-3 victory over Detroit, Lindor ranged to his right, dove into the hole to snare a sharp grounder off the bat of Justin Upton, and then gathered himself in the outfield grass to make a precise, one-hop throw to first base for the out. Indians fans are also becoming used to seeing such highlight-reel plays from Lindor, who is showing that his rookie performance last year was no fluke.

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“He makes it look routine,” said Indians pitcher Josh Tomlin, who was the beneficiary of Lindor’s second-inning wizardry. “That’s a tough play, and he makes it look easy and gets up like he’s done it 100 times. He probably has. He’s a stud, that’s for sure.”

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Lindor did more than flash the leather in this win for Cleveland, too.

In the first inning, Lindor pulled a pitch from Tigers starter Justin Verlander into right field for a single and later scored on a double by Mike Napoli. The young shortstop followed that up with a double in the third, scoring one batter later on a Michael Brantley single. In the …

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