Cleveland Indians: Top 10 wins from 2017

5) July 22, Lindor get first career walk-off home run

There were a lot of questions coming into Danny Salazar‘s return to the mound after missing seven weeks of play. Danny would silence the doubters with a one-hit, seven-inning outing.

Toronto had fantastic pitching on their side that evening as well, keeping the score low throughout. Justin Smoak made things difficult for the Indians by tying the game at 1-1 in the eighth.

This would lead to extra innings where the Blue Jays looked to take the lead. Cody Allen allowed the first two hitters to reach base before he managed to strike out Morales.

After a groundball out, Bryan Shaw came in to save the inning to go into the bottom of the tenth.

Rain then began to fall during Lindor’s at-bat to start the inning.

After breaking his bat fouling a pitch off, the rain began to pour and that is when Lindor launched the next pitch out of the park.

4) August 24, Indians score seven runs off Sale

The season series against Boston was one of the toughest of the year for the Tribe. The Red Sox stunned the Indians the first time they saw Chris Sale on the mound earlier in the month. Despite scoring seven runs off Sale, Boston won the game with a three run walk-off.

The Indians looked to take advantage of another shot at Sale. They would get to him early, scoring four runs in the second inning and three more in the third. The Red Sox tried to rally by making it 7-4 in the fifth inning.

The Indians didn’t let up as they continued to pummel the Red Sox bullpen. The six added runs effectively stomped out the Red Sox rally attempt. Not only did this win even the season series against the Red Sox, but it was the first of 22 in a row for the Tribe.

3) July 25, Encarnacion hits walk-off grand slam

In order to extend a different winning streak the Indians had to get past the Angels.

The Tribe got off to a great start. After taking a 2-0 lead in the second inning, Bradley Zimmer hit a grand slam to give the Indians a 6-0 lead. Michael Brantley followed that up with a solo home run.

All those runs wouldn’t be enough, however, as the Angels clawed their way back into the game. The Indians were unable to score again in regulation and the game would go into extra innings.

The Angels walked Zimmer, Lindor, and Brantley to load the bases for Encarnacion. Loading the bases for Edwin seems like a bad idea for a pitcher to do. He further proved that point as he smacked one to the bleachers to win the game for the Indians. It was just the third time in franchise history that the Indians hit two grand slams in one game.