Cody Bellinger became the first player to homer off Indians star reliever Andrew Miller in 2017, Clayton Kershaw gutted through seven innings and the Dodgers secured a 7-5 series opening victory at Progressive Field.
Bellinger supplied enough power to lift a hanging slider over the right-field fence and break a deadlock in the eighth inning. Miller had faced 121 batters this year and kept each man in the park. Bellinger was the first left-handed hitter to take Miller deep since Twins first baseman Joe Mauer did so on Aug.