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Gomes on offensive outpouring: ‘We needed that’
- Updated: May 17, 2016
CLEVELAND — The Indians needed a night like this one. After so many close games, tough finishes and missed chances of late, Cleveland was desperate for the kind of offensive showing that could allow the club to take a collective deep breath.
That type of evening arrived on Monday, when the Tribe churned out a season-high 19 hits and pushed aside Cincinnati’s early push to claim a 15-6 comeback victory over the Reds at Progressive Field. Every one of Cleveland’s batters had at least one hit. Each of the starting nine scored a run. The Indians were patient, moved runners and walloped a pair of home runs.
“It was real good,” Indians manager Terry Francona said. “We could always use those kind of games.”
Just one night earlier, Cleveland suffered a tantalizing loss to the Twins, going 7-for-16 at the plate with two outs with no runs to show for it. Heading into Monday’s Interleague tilt with the Reds, the Indians were 6-7 in one-run games and 1-6 in games decided in the last at-bat. Cleveland had four walk-off losses, an 0-3 record in extra innings and a 7-11 mark against sub-.500 teams.
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