Ringo bracket: 2017 Indians defeat 1961 Tigers in five games

Game 1: Tigers 8, Indians 5
WP: Lary (6-0)
LP: Smith (0-1)
Save: Staley (1)
HR: Brown (3), Kipnis (3), J Ramirez (2), Bertoia (2)

Game 2: Indians 6, Tigers 3
WP: Carrasco (2-0)
LP: Bunning (2-2)
Save: Allen (3)
HR: Zimmer (2)

Game 3: Indians 8, Tigers 4
WP: Bauer (3-0)
LP: Mossi (3-1)
HR: Gomes (1)

Game 4: Indians 7, Tigers 1
WP: Clevenger (2-0)
LP: Foytack (0-2)
HR: Chisenhall 3 (4), Bruce (4), Encarncion (4)

Game 5: Cleveland 7, Tigers 1
WP: Kluber (4-0)
LP: Lary (6-1)
HR: Zimmer (3), Kaline (3), Lindor (2), Santana (2)

Cleveland battered Detroit pitching for 12 homers and drew 21 walks in the five games.

The Tigers won the opener in Cleveland's Progressive Field by scoring three runs in the seventh and two more in the ninth. Dick Brown hit a three-run homer in the second inning off Corey Kluber, and Reno Bertoria a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh off reliever Joe Smith. Bradley Zimmer had two doubles and three RBIs for the Tribe.

Cleveland evened the series in Game Two as Carlos Carrasco allowed one run in 5.1 innings and Zimmer and Edwin Encarncion each drove in a pair of runs. Zimmer and Francisco Lindor each scored twice.

The series shifted to 1961 and Tiger Stadium, where Cleveland made itself at home in Game Three. Yan Gomes' two-run homer in the second gave the Indians a 3-0 lead, and Trevor Bauer allowed just three singles, aa walk and a hit batter in six scoreless innings. Cleveland added five runs in the seventh off three Detroit pitchers, with Jay Bruce and Zimmer each driving in two runs. The Tigers didnt score until a-four-run ninth.

Lonnie Chisenhall hit three homers in Game Four for Cleveland, with the third being the last of a back-to-back-to-back series following homers by Bruce and Encarncion. Mike Clevenger went six scoreless innings for the win, allowing three hits, two walks a a hit batter.

The Indians wrapped it up with another 7-1 rout in Game Five. Corey Kluber yielded a solo homer to Al Kaline in the first inning, but Lindor tied it with his own homer in the third, and the Indians erupted for four runs in the fourth to hand Frank Lary his first and only loss of the tournament. Zimmer and Carlos Santana hit solo homers off the Detroit bullpen. Kluber went six innings, allowing five hits and just the one run.

Player of the Series: Bradley Zimmer

Pitcher use: The Cleveland staff will be fully rested for the fifth round

Projected rotation: Kluber-Carrasco-Bauer-Clevenger-(Kluber)-(Carrasco)-(Bauer)