Cleveland Indians on May 17

May 17, 2005 – CLE @ LAA – Facing Ervin Santana in his first major league appearance, the Indians’ first four batters combine for a cycle – a triple from Grady Sizemore, a double from Coco Crisp, a single from Travis Hafner, and a home run from Ben Broussard.

May 17, 1971 – CLE @ WAS – Against the first batter in the bottom of the fourth, the Indians give up an embarrassing inside-the-park home run to Senators right fielder Tommy McCraw. The pop fly to center resulted in injuries to Indians left fielder John Lowenstein, center fielder Vada Pinson, and shortstop Jack Heidemann.

May 17, 1940 – WAS @ CLE – Cleveland jumps to a 10-0 lead in the first and never looks back, taking the game 18-1.

May 17, 1925 – WAS @ CLE – Indians outfielder Tris Speaker becomes the fifth player (fourth in the modern era) to reach 3,000 hits.

Today:

Cleveland Indians (22-20) – Fausto Carmona (4-1, 2.40 ERA)
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Cincinnati Reds (19-23) – Aaron Harang (2-5, 3.32 ERA)

Fausto Carmona – Career vs. CIN – 0-0, 0.00 ERA (2 IP)
Aaron Harang – Career vs. CLE – 3-1, 2.58 ERA

Standings:
Cleveland – 1st in AL Central, 0.5 games up
Cincinnati – 6th in NL Central, 7 games behind 1st, 1 game behind 5th