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Game Wrap - Cleveland 2-0 Victors Over Reds

Oliver Perez led Cleveland to a shutout performance against Cincinnati 2-0 on Wednesday at Progressive Field.

The Indians were a -165 favorite in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 8.5.

Mike Clevinger earned the victory for the Indians, throwing 5.2 innings of work, striking out 4, walking 5, and allowing 2 hits and 0 earned runs. That effort was supported by 1 RBIs from Cesar Hernandez in the win.

Cincinnati got a 1-inning outing from Brooks Raley in the loss. He gave up 0 earned runs, 0 walks and 0 hits in his time on the mound, while Nick Castellanos had 1 hits in the loss for the Reds.

The battle of the bats favored Cleveland as they had 4 hits, while Cincinnati only had 3.

The game was closed out by Brad Hand who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 0 hits, 1 walks and fanned 2 batters to earn the save.