CLEVELAND -- Prior to Thursday’s game, Rays manager Kevin Cash noted that the organization hadn’t forgotten how productive and important
Kevin Kiermaier’s three-run round-tripper on a fly ball to left-center field came when Indians outfielders Oscar Mercado and Leonys Martin collided on their individual diving attempts. With both fielders down in pain, the ball bounced toward left field, allowing Kiermaier to easily score before anyone could track down the ricochet.\n\nMartin would stay in the game, but Mercado would later exit with a right hip contusion.
“It was tough to take your eye off what had happened,” Cash said. “You wanted to see the guys get up, for sure. It was crazy.”\n\nAs for Kiermaier, his fifth homer of the season was his second career inside-the-parker and first since May 31, 2014. It also marked Tampa Bay’s first since Denard Span's against the Red Sox on April 28, 2018.\n\n“I was so confused running the bases,” Kiermaier said. “I didn’t know what the heck happened.”\n\nAccording to Statcast, the Rays center fielder reached a [sprint speed](http://m.mlb.com/glossary/statcast/sprint-speed) of 29.7 feet per second (30.0 feet per second is considered elite), circling the bases in 15.14 seconds, making it the fastest home-to-home time in the Majors this season, and the second-fastest in Rays history since Statcast began tracking in 2015.
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