How about that. The Minnesota Twins came in to town looking to put a dent in Chicago's AL Central lead. Instead, they lost a game in the division and got swept by a sub-.500 team.
In my last entry, I highlighted Scott Lewis's achievement in game one. Let's look at an even bigger achievement from game three. Travis Hafner remembered when the outfield wall ended and the seats began in Cleveland. It was Pronk's first home run at Progressive Field since April 17. Joe Mauer was set up on the outside corner. Scott Baker's pitch was on a tee. Glad to see he remembered how to find the seats. He'll be key in 2009.
My personal attachment as a fan to Victor Martinez runs deep. He is the heart and soul of this ballclub. His walk-off on Tuesday night was more than deserved. The first walk-off of his career came off Joe Nathan. Props to you, Victor.
Shin-Soo Choo posted an OPS of 1.037 in August. How does he follow that up? By posting a 1.113 through half of September. He was 3-for-9 in this series with 4 RBI.
Juan Rincon is as useful as a broken profilactic during a one-night stand with a woman on fertility drugs.
Jensen Lewis nailed down save #10, pitching on four consecutive days. At this point, I'm confident handing him the reins next season in the closer's role if we don't sign a Brian Fuentes or trade for a solid closer.
If I were to ask, who leads the Indians in runs scored, how many people would answer Jhonny Peralta? With a big second half of the month, he could be a .275 25 100 100 player for this team. That's impressive without Hafner and Martinez in the lineup.
The glass is obviously half full right now.
Rafael Betancourt walked four in his .2 IP in Tuesday's bullpen implosion. That's 45% of his walk total for ALL of the 2007 season.
For the worst stat of the series, the award goes to, what a shocker, Juan Rincon! In the 6th inning of Tuesday's game, Juan Rincon entered the game with runners on 2nd and 3rd. Carlos Gomez promptly singled to drive in both runs. After Gomez stole second and Denard Span walked, Juan Rincon struck out Matt Tolbert. For those efforts, Juan Rincon received a hold. As someone who is a huge fan of the holds stat, this is a crime.
Tigers come to town now for three.
No comments:
Post a Comment