The Indians completed their third sweep in three series, beating Detroit 9-7 and upping their win streak to ten games in a row. The longest win streak in Indians history is thirteen.
This one was a wild contest. The good news was, the Indians are still cranking out the offense. The bad news, Jensen Lewis gave up a pair in the bottom of the ninth as he looked human at closer. Then again, the good news - he ended up with the save.
Checking out the standings, there is a column that shows how the team has performed in their last ten. The Indians’ reads 10-0. It will be interesting to see how many more days it can stay there. With the victory, and sweep of the Tigers, the Indians open up a 1.5 game lead on Detroit for third place. Now they set their sights on a much higher goal, tracking down second place.
With only roughly 30 games left for MLB teams, the Indians are 10.5 games behind Division leader Chicago, and 9.5 behind Minnesota. Though highly unlikely, you’d have to admit it would be exciting to see them chase down one of these teams. If so, reaching the playoffs would not even be a stretch – if they tracked down one of the teams. Yes, even the thought of post-season is a huge-huge stretch, but one that still exists. Ever put your money on eleven in the middle of the table at craps? A post-season berth would be similar to that. Every once in a while it happens, but it ain’t bloody likely. Oh, and just for yucks, in case you were wondering, the Indians are 12 games out in the wild card race. Johnny Carson would probably say the odds are a BILLION to ONE. He’d probably be about right.
A more realistic goal for the Indians is to finish above .500 for the year. They are currently two games below that figure at 65-67. Win two thirds of the remaining games, and they end the year with around 85 wins, not a bad number.
Fausto Carmona pitched himself to a win, allowing four runs on seven hits over six innings. Justin Verlander took the loss for Detroit going six innings , giving up five runs on seven hits.
The lead was up for grabs through four, as these two traded back-and-forth in the run column.
Cleveland opened the game by going up 1-0 on a David Dellucci double and a Jhonny Peralta single that scored Dellucci sandwiched around ground-out that moved Dellucci to third.
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Nino Colla 10 months ago
TEN IN A ROW!?
YOU KIDDIN ME TUNA!?
It's great to see them playing the way we thought they could..
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