Kluber Carves Up the Yankees as Indians Top New York 5-1; Three Takeaways From the Win

1. Big Hit Gomer

With the Indians taking advantage of three Yankees mistakes in the first with two runs, they still were not out of the woods as they really could have used some insurance runs off Sonny Gray, and those runs came in the critical 6th inning.

With two outs, they got base runners on with Carlos Santana and Brandon Guyer, and then Yan Gomes delivered the big hit of the night, a two-run double that brought both Santana and Guyer in to make it a 4-0 game.

The big hit gave the Indians the breathing room they would need, and despite a Gary Sanchez solo homer in the 7th for New York, the game was really never in doubt with the Tribe putting up another run on a Francisco Lindor homer in the 7th to cement the win.

It’s good to see Gomes getting hot at home, as in his last four games at Progressive Field he’s hitting .385, going 5-for-13 in that stretch with two doubles, and five runs batted in.

If the Indians can get some type of production from the bottom of their lineup as they did tonight, they will be in great shape for the meat grinder slate they have in the month of August.

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