To Infinity and be Yan! Gomes' walk-off gets Indians 4-1 win over Rockies; Three Takeaways

CLEVELAND-- When the Indians went to Colorado in June for a two-game series, they were outscored by a 19-4 margin.

On Tuesday night at Progressive Field, it looked like it was going to be more of the same against the Rockies. Until the ninth inning.

The Indians were down 1-0, but would storm back to win the game 4-1 on a walk-off home run from Yan Gomes.

Corey Kluber got the win for the Tribe, his tenth of the year, in another stellar complete game outing.

Before the Tribe wraps up interleague play tomorrow, here are three takeaways from their 20th come-from-behind victory this year.

Gomes sends em home happy with a 3-run blast - #Indians 4-1 Final over #Rockies pic.twitter.com/7YBtx7YGyX
— Matt Loede (@MattLoede) August 9, 2017

1. The walk-off

Much like Edwin Encarnacion's walk-off from exactly two weeks ago, the video speaks for itself.

Prior to the ninth inning, The Tribe recorded just four hits. Encarnacion got on base by drawing a walk, and Zimmer followed suit two at-bats later.

An Austin Jackson RBI-single would be enough to tie the game and bring in Brandon Guyer, who pinch ran for Encarnacion.

With two outs, Gomes stepped to the plate. Known for his specialty of hitting low fastballs, Rockies closer Greg Holland attempted to give Gomes a high pitch, but didn't get the ball up high enough in the zone:

Gomes rocked the 95 mph pitch into the bleachers to ice the game and avoid extra innings. It was the Indians fourth walk-off win, and improved their home record to 31-26.

"I was going to be aggressive no matter what," Gomes said. "Just trying to get a nice little base hit so we can win, and I got a little bit better pitch than that."

2. Corey KKKKKKKKKKKluber

Corey Kluber put on another masterful, complete game performance.

Kluber gave up just three hits and one run while striking out 11 in the process. The lone run came off of his second pitch of the night, when Charlie Blackmon hit a solo homer. Tuesday also marked Kluber's second consecutive complete game, and his fourth this season.

He also, once again, made history.

With his 11 strikeouts tonight, Kluber has recorded double-digit strikeouts in the last five games, tying a club record. If this all sounds familiar, it's because Kluber broke the record earlier this season in his five starts between June 14 and July 4.

He now has twelve double-digit strikeout games this season, and is tied with Bob Feller for third most in a single season in club history.

In the process, Kluber netted his 13th straight game with at least eight strikeouts. His streak is the longest since Randy Johnson's streak of 17 games with at least eight strikeouts from September 1999 through June 2000. He is just one of three pitchers to accomplish this feat, along with Johnson and Pedro Martinez.

3. The comeback kids

Tonight marked Cleveland's 20th come-from-behind victory, and kept them from falling into a three-game losing streak.

What's even more impressive is the fact that they are just 6-13 against National League opponents this season. While the NL has had their way with Cleveland this year, the Indians got their bats going at just the right time tonight.

A win like Tuesday's is exactly what the Tribe needs as we inch closer to the postseason-- one that was gritty, and had to be gutted out.

"Until we've used all our outs and we're losing, I think we all believe we stand a chance," Kluber said.

To make things even better, with a loss from the Royals tonight, the Indians are now four games ahead in the AL Central.

The Indians are back tomorrow with a day game against the Rockies at 12:10 to wrap up interleague play.