Your 2018 Cleveland Indians

[CenTexDave]

Streak is at 4. Of course we can't get too excited because 2 of those have been against the White Sox, but Clevinger pitched very good tonight; Brantley, Ramirez and Kipnis went deep. Ramirez now has 16 HRs and 39 RBIs - tied for like 3rd in the league.

[CenTexDave]

Brantley - 18 game hitting streak!!

[Rick]

[CenTexDave]

Don't know if they still are, but earlier this season, at least up to a week or so ago, also were leading in HRs. Now if Fat Ed gets hot watch out.
Hell, even Krapnis is now starting to hit.
But that bullpen - Francona states we'll get it figured out, so they send Plutko back down to Columbus and call up Believeau to bolster the bullpen. Put him in
for the start of the 8th yesterday and immediately (first batter) deposits one into the lake. They need to bring Plutko back up as well as Shane Biever who just tossed
a no-hitter at Columbus.
Chisenhall is having a great rehab and hitting exceedingly well. Get him back up and send this Melky Cabrera, who is a double-play machine, packing - forever.

[fchafey]

Currently Yankees 87, Boston 80, Cleveland 79, LA Angels 73, Washington, 71.

[CenTexDave]

The streak is at 5 as the Tribe crushes the White Sox 9-1. Kluber wins his 8th, 6 IP, 3 hits, 10 K's then took the rest of the game off. Thanks to the Tribe's crap bullpen they gave up a run in the 9th and ruined the shutout.
Ramirez and Fat Ed went deep, Brantley's hitting streak is at 19. For Ramirez it was HR #17, tied for 2nd in all of baseball and third in RBIs (40).
A scare for Tribe fans yesterday - was reported that Ramirez tested positive for PEDs. Turned out to be a fake news story. MLB said there is no truth to it.

[CenTexDave]

Whew. The streak's at 6. Shane Bieber, called up from AAA Columbus, makes his major league debut on his 23rd birthday and pitched great for 5 innings. Ran into trouble in the 6th, then in comes the bullpen and
an 8-0 lead was soon 8-8. But Lindor went yard in the 8th and Allen closed it. Lindor went 4-5 with 2 HR and 2 doubles - only the 4th player to ever do this. JRam also went deep and is now tied for MLB lead with 18.

[CenTexDave]

From above: "Lindor went 4-5 with 2 HR and 2 doubles - only the 4th player to ever do this." Sorry, not exactly correct. Only the 4th player to ever do this twice in one season.

[CenTexDave]

The six game winning streak is over. Tribe loses Friday night to the Twins, 7-4. Carlos Carrasco got shelled early and often and the Tribe just couldn't catch up.
I believe something is wrong with Carrasco but he won't admit it. This is not the guy who tied for the AL lead in wins last year with 18. His fastball is continually
2-3 mph slower, he's walking batters a lot more - something he didn't do the past couple of years. Kipnis, again, amazes all with his ability to do nothing. Fat Ed hit
a monsterous 430 foot homer. The Tribe now has 5 players with 30 or more RBIs.
Mad Dog Bauer takes the hill today in hopes of getting another streak going. Bradley Zimmer has rejoined the team following a rehab assignment at AAA. Chisenhall,
Guyer and Naquin are due to soon follow, which means a couple of these dud outfielders we now have are going. Just hope they keep Greg Allen, who was the subject of
an article I read on ESPN's website the other day. They think he may be the next coming of Kenny Lofton.
Personally, I'd keep Allen on the roster and send Davis and Cabrera packing and would not bring up Guyer who was hitting around .155 when he went on the DL. But,
knowing he's one of Francona's favs, he'll probably be added at Allen's expense.

[Rick]

They are getting shelled today, 7-1 in the 8th. Thanks a lot to an error on an easy double play ball hit to Kipnis.