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Adam Plutko’s meltdown leads to ugly Indians loss

One inning, Franmil Reyes was dancing in the dugout.

The next, the Detroit Tigers were dancing all over Tribe starter Adam Plutko, manufacturing a seven-run inning to erase a 5-0 deficit en route to a 10-5 victory — the Tigers’ first against the Cleveland Indians since April 10, 2019, snapping a 20-game losing streak.

The Indians started hot, plating five runs in the first three innings, capped by a Franmil Reyes two-run blast to right center in the third. But Plutko returned to the mound in the fourth inning and immediately went about squandering that lead.

The Tigers the first time through the order vs.