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Live Tigers blog: Tribe take early lead off Fulmer

Bottom 1st: Indians 2, Tigers 0

Jason Kipnis notched a one-out single to center field and Francisco Lindor followed with a single to right field to put Michael Fulmer in an early jam with runners on the corners. Lindor took the double play out of the equation by stealing second base. That proved to be huge as Mike Napoli hit a seemingly harmless ball out to left field that Justin Upton never located, allowing it to bounce about 20 feet behind him and into the stands for a groundrule double, giving the Tribe an early 2-0 lead.