Indians' collision leads to Rays' inside-the-park homer

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• Best Walking Trails In Cleveland, No Hiking Required
• Report: Red Sox sign Justin Turner to two-year deal
• Rosario's inside-the-park homer
• The Indians hit their first walk-off inside-the-park home run in 100 years
• A brief history of Cleveland Indians inside-the-park home runs since 1998

On July 3, Kipnis blasted a drive to left field off ex-Indians pitcher Jeremy Guthrie that sent Royals outfielder Alex Gordon crashing into the fence in the sixth inning. Michael Bourn and Asdrubal Cabrera scored to give Cleveland a 3-1 lead in a game they would go on to lose, 6-5. Gordon was removed from the game after hitting his head against the outfield fence.

Gordon was replaced by Jarrod Dyson, who hit an inside-the-park home run of his own in the 6th inning of the game. Dyson's hit went past Rays left fielder David DeJesus, who, like Gordon, had been injured five years earlier, on July 22, 2010 while playing for the Royals on a play that led to an inside-the-park home run for Derek Jeter. However, in the modern era, with smaller and circumferential outfields and walls defined by minimum standards, the feat has become increasingly rare, happening only a handful of times each season. On July 18, 2010, Jhonny Peralta of the Cleveland Indians hit a three-run inside-the-park home run when Detroit Tigers outfielder Ryan Raburn crashed through the bullpen fence while trying to catch the ball.

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Encarnacion hit an inside-the-park home run against L.A. It was Encarnacion's third home run in two days and the second inside-the-park homer of his career. The Blue Jays had an 89.4 percent chance to win the game after Carlos Santana popped up for the first out of the ninth inning.

Toronto led 2–1 headed into the bottom of the ninth, then put Cleveland on the ropes by retiring the first batter of the inning. But a Jose Ramirez home run tied the game at two, before Naquin knocked a hit to right-center for his inside-the-park winner. Speaking of veteran outfielders with few options and limited playing time, it's probably time for the Yankees to cut ties with Brett Gardner.

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The Ramirez homer improved Cleveland's chances of winning by 47.0 percent (!). Naquin's homer moved the needle the rest of the way. Realmuto of the Philadelphia Phillies hit an inside-the-park home run at Citizens Bank Park during a playoff game against the Atlanta Braves, becoming the first catcher to do so in postseason history.

The Tribe swept a July 4 doubleheader against the Tigers thanks in part to Coco's mad dash around the bases. Crisp hit a ball off the center field wall in Game 2 that Detroit's Nook Logan could not catch, and Indians third base coach Joel Skinner waved the speedy Crisp all the way around to score. The next batter, outfielder Tyler Naquin, whacked a long fly ball to left field that very nearly left the park.

Rosario's inside-the-park homer

At advanced levels of play, the batter scoring due to one or more errors by the defense is colloquially referred to as a Little League home run. Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Cody Anderson reacts after New York Mets' Yoenis Cespedes hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning of an interleague baseball game, Friday, April 15, 2016, in Cleveland. Right now, the Indians are a full 7 games ahead of Detroit in the AL Central and are number one in their division — they are truly a good baseball team. Last night underscored exactly how dangerous they can be. On April 27, Sizemore capped a five-run sixth inning for the Tribe with a three-run inside-the-park home run off Guthrie, who was then pitching for the Orioles. David Dellucci and Josh Barfield scored to give the Indians a 5-1 lead in a game they would go on to win, 5-4.

Instead, it caromed away from Michael Saunders and resulted in a walk-off inside-the-park home run. To score an inside-the-park home run, the player must touch all four bases before a fielder on the opposing team can tag him out. If the defensive team commits one or more errors during the play, it is not scored as a home run, but rather advancing on an error.

Jose Ramirez tied it with a solo homer, then Tyler Naquin delivered a magical moment

Unfortunately for the Indians, their overall situation is a bit more concerning. Thursday’s 7-2 loss to the Rays runs their losing streak to four games. Worse yet, the surprising Minnesota Twins kept rolling, racking up eight more home runs in a 16-7 win against the Los Angeles Angels. Cleveland scored an unearned run in the third on catcher Martin Maldonado's throwing error.

The ball rolled past him into the corner, and Sizemore easily scored. In the fifth inning he had homered into the upper deck in right field off Kevin Millwood. Brown was unable to return to field the ball and it rolled to the deep right field fence in Citi Field before it was fielded by Phillies second baseman Cesar Hernández.

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Santana's blast Aug. 31 off Tigers pitcher Jose Veras hit Austin Jackson's glove just in front of the wall in straightaway center field. Jackson crashed into the fence and was shaken up for a moment as Jason Kipnis and Santana came all the way around to score. But Jackson would get his revenge in the bottom of the eighth inning, smashing a line drive triple to left field off Cody Allen that ignited a four-run Detroit inning and led to a 10-5 Tigers win.

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