Indians Win a Wild One 8-7 Over the Reds in Cincinnati; Three Takeaways from the Win

1. Plate Power

The Indians hit four homers on Tuesday night in the one-run win, with Francisco Lindor’s solo shot getting the team going in the first inning. It was already Lindor’s 10th blast of the season.

Then after the Reds took a 3-1 lead the Indians bats got going again, as Edwin Encarnación connected for the first of his two homers on the night, a two-run blast in the third to give the Indians a 5-3 lead.

Hot hitting Yan Gomes then hit a solo shot in the third to make it 6-3, and later in the 5th it was Encarnación again, a solo homer to make it 7-3 at the time.

For Encarnación, it was homers number 8 and 9 on the season, and it’s starting to look like he’s getting hot at the plate, something the team is really looking for from their big offseason pickup.

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