Cleveland Indians

[Angel Oracle]

2 hours ago, Stradling said:

The Diamondbacks have lost two of four and both games were winnable.  Rodney gave up 6 in the ninth for one of those losses. 

Crooked Hat being Crooked Hat, guess the bow and arrow was MIA that night.

[fan_since79]

Cleveland has a 2-0 lead through six innings against Detroit.

Corey Kluber has allowed only two hits, no walks, and has 8 strikeouts.

Looks like another Cy Young Award on the way.

 

 

[Troutta here]

Remember who won the World Series the last time a team had a 20 game win streak? 

[Angel Oracle]

Kluber has allowed just over SIX hits per 9 innings, and has a sub 0.90 WHIP.

He may have the edge on Sale at this point.   Lower ERA and WHIP, higher WAR (6.8 to 5.9), matching 16 wins

Most of all is this for Kluber:

Before hitting the DL for a month after his May 2 start: in 37 innings, 5.10 ERA and 1.40 WHIP

Upon returning June 1: in 138 innings, 1.90 ERA and 0.75 WHIP

[disarcina]

Cleveland unreal right now.

Cleveland- Houston in ALCS?

Washington - Chicago in NLCS?

Dodgers sure are tanking at the wrong time.

I think Kershaw is beating SF tonight.

But geez.

Cleveland is just unstoppable........Houston seems like a team of destiny.

Washington has healthy starters finally and tough but seem to have the best team that falls short.

Dodgers need to get out their funk -- it's going to lead to a first round exit.........they must be hoping against hope that St. Louis does not make the playoffs.

[Torridd]

It's an impressive streak, but honestly most of these games were against Detroit and the White Sox. KC will end the streak for sure. 

[fan_since79]

Jay Bruce, three-run blast, bottom of the first.

#21 just getting started!

 

[fan_since79]

fun streak stat: the Indians have trailed for only four innings during the 20 games.

 

[Angel Oracle]

If they win these next 5 games (2 vs Tiggers and 3 vs KC), the Tuesday game in Anaheim would see them trying for a MLB record tying 26th straight win.

[fan_since79]

Cleveland pitching:

#1 team ERA in the American League, 3.38

19 shutouts

most strikeouts in AL, and fewest walks

Second lowest BAA

[WeatherWonk]

Another fun stat. The Indians opponents have scored 33 runs during the streak. The Indians have HIT 39 HRS during that streak. Counting today's partial game.

So,  basically, opponents are averaging ~1.6 runs per game, while the Indians are averaging about 2 HRs per game.

And still no Brantley or Kipnis, two starters. And no Andrew Miller, the premier setup guy over the last couple seasons.

This team could actually be BETTER by the time the playoffs start.

[fan_since79]

Tigers' pitcher Buck Farmer: 83 pitches through three innings.

4-1 Cleveland.

 

[zenmaster]

Man they are gonna put a whoopin' on us.

[WeatherWonk]

Tigers making it interesting against Clevinger. 4-3. Surprised Tito stayed with him so long. The pen is rested after last night Kluber SO.

[fan_since79]

Things are getting ugly for Detroit.

from ESPN: Frustrations are boiling over for the Tigers, Feeling that Buck Farmer has been getting squeezed, catcher James McCann and then manager Brad Ausmus were ejected by home-plate ump Quinn Wolcott. Backup catcher John Hicks then "missed" a pitch that hit Wolcott in the shoulder.

[zenmaster]

This is all without andrew miller too if I recall correctly. He will be back tomorrow.

[WeatherWonk]

1 minute ago, fan_since79 said:

Things are getting ugly for Detroit.

from ESPN: Frustrations are boiling over for the Tigers, Feeling that Buck Farmer has been getting squeezed, catcher James McCann and then manager Brad Ausmus were ejected by home-plate ump Quinn Wolcott. Backup catcher John Hicks then "missed" a pitch that hit Wolcott in the shoulder.

I'm watching the game. I dont think Hicks' miss was intentional. He was crossed up. He had just entered the game and there was a runner on second. Hicks set up low and outside and it was a running fastball, up and in.

But I thought about the same thing, when it happened. BTW, I really thought the Indians were getting some favorable pitch calls that the Tigers were not. I certainly understood the Tigers frustration. That ump was having a bad day.

[fan_since79]

I'm not sure, but I think we're going to get Carrasco and Kluber for two of those games next week.

 

edit: and maybe Bauer, who is 16-8.

 

Edited September 13, 2017 by fan_since79

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

The Indians are going for 21 wins today, and it looks like the place is packed but the attendance is  ~29.900 or so. That's less than our average attendance and we don't look as full as Cleveland does.

[Angel Oracle]

5-3 Indians, going to the 9th, 3 outs away from breaking the A'th AL record

[Taylor]

2 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

If they win these next 5 games (2 vs Tiggers and 3 vs KC), the Tuesday game in Anaheim would see them trying for a MLB record tying 26th straight win.

And I'm sure the Angels would be more than willing to oblige them in their quest for the record.

[Angel Oracle]

Indians win 5-3, new AL record 21 straight wins.   

Clevenger, although looking like the frosh HS pitcher in Dazed and Confused, improved to 10-5 with a 3.21 ERA and 1.27 WHIP.  

Speaking of Dazed and Confused, O'Bannion needs to focus his attention on Dipussy!  

Thank you for nothing, Dipussy!   Clevenger for Pestano?   Really? Really? Really?   Really??

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

20 minutes ago, Taylor said:

And I'm sure the Angels would be more than willing to oblige them in their quest for the record.

That 26 game streak is misleading because it includes a tie.

 

[WeatherWonk]

I expect the streak will end in one of the first two games in the series against KC. The next two CLE starters are Tomlin and Bauer. After that, it's back to Carrasco and Kluber, who are really on their game.

[Angel Oracle]

The Tomlin start is the one thing standing in the way of chasing 26 straight at Angel Stadium.   Bauer has been really good since late July.

Ironic that if they go for #26 at Angel Stadium, it will be ex-Halos prospect Mike Clevenger getting the start (opposed by Skaggs).