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August 28, 2015The Cleveland Indians had quite the week. They went into New York and took three of four games from the always hated Yankees. In addition, they swept the Milwaukee Brewers at Progressive Field. Sure, they lost at Wrigley Field to the Chicago Cubs, but, for the week, a 5-2 record is still quite good especially considering how the 2015 season has gone thus far.
Now, here at WFNY, we understand that you might have been busy this past week. Perhaps you were turned off by the Indians meager record (60-66). Perhaps you were busy paying attention to the Cleveland Browns practices and pretend games where the starters mostly just watch. Or, perhaps you have been caught up in Tristan Thompson’s agent, Rich Paul, floating rumors that Thompson might eventually maybe think about signing with a team that doesn’t have the room for the contract he is asking from the Cleveland Cavaliers1 .
Well, fear not, for we are here to help. We have defensive web gems, stolen bases, crushing home runs, and crazy strikeouts. We have Jason Kipnis, Francisco Lindor, and Michael Brantley doing their thing. We have Corey Kluber and Trevor Bauer but, sadly, we only have one game of Carlos Carrasco, who was put on the Disabled List (Don’t worry, he’ll be back in early September.). And we have plenty more, including some personal favorite over the shoulder snares from one Abraham Almonte.
Thursday, August 20
Cleveland Indians 3
New York Yankees 2
Josh Tomlin (W, 1-1)
Ivan Nova (L, 5-5)
You guys! You know me so well. Lonnie Chisenhall drills a double to the gap, AND Carlos Santana hustles to score from first base? Of course, I include this one.
Carlos Santana is such a sweetheart, no?
Did you know that Lonnie Chisenhall is among the DRS leaders in RF despite only a limited amount of innings played there?
What, other players were in this game? You don’t say. Well, how would you like some Abraham Almonte?
And, Josh Tomlin inspired a sensational ballad to be written due to his pitching performance (2-hit the freaking New York Yankees over seven innings!).
Friday, August 21
Cleveland Indians 7
New York Yankees 3
Carlos Carrasco (W, 12-9)
Masahiro Tanaka (L, 9-6)
Uh, Brian. Mr. McCann. You cannot say that Santana didn’t give you a chance. Take ’em when you get ’em. Else…
Somebody is getting jealous of all of the attention Lonnie Baseball and Honest Abe have been getting for their defensive prowess.
Brantley also had two of these that looked nearly identical. Just take the pitch and rip it into left field. Score a run. Simple.
Cody Allen, you can direct your Edible Arrangement package to C/O Abraham Almonte (Just kidding, the Indians were up by four runs with two outs in the ninth. Had the game either way, but what a fun way to end things).
Saturday, August 22
Cleveland Indians 2
New York Yankees 6
Danny Salazar (L, 11-7)
Luis Severino (W, 1-2)
Francisco Lindor is sort of good. I mean, most have heard about him being good with his glove and all. But, his bat? Well, it’s become quite the weapon as well.
This game did not exactly go as planned. So, when the umpires completely botched a call at second base, Terry Francona took it upon himself to use it as an excuse to not have to watch anymore.
You could pay attention to the Yankees knocking Salazar around a bit in this game. Or, you could watch the fourth inning when Danny Salazar struck out three.
A defensive play with Honest Abe that does not involve an over-the-shoulder catch. Really.
Whew! That was close. Glad to just get out of this game.
Sunday, August 23
Cleveland Indians 4
New York Yankees 3
Trevor Bauer (ND), Bryan Shaw (W, 2-2)
CC Sabathia (ND), Dellin Betances (L, 6-3)
Carlos Santana hit a home run off a LHP. I saw it and have video proof too.
The most boring way to gain a RBI, but when you need a run, you need a run.
More exciting, but did not drive in a run.
Bauer’s Back!
Hmmm, late in the game, need something to happen to bust out of New York with the win. Who you gonna call?
Cody Allen locking things down for a 4-out save.
Monday, August 24
Cleveland Indians 1
Chicago Cubs 2
Corey Kluber (ND), Zach McAllister (L, 3-4)
Jon Lester (ND), Hector Rondon (W, 5-2)
I think the main reason that Corey Kluber does not get run support when he pitches is that the rest of the players want to stop hitting so that they can watch him pitch some more.
Carlos Santana did not get many hits in the past week, but it sure seemed like every time he got one, he drove in a run (actually, until Wednesday, it was true).
Tuesday, August 25
Milwaukee Brewers 6
Cleveland Indians 11
Wily Peralta (L, 4-8)
Josh Tomlin (W, 2-1)
Hmmm, well, there actually was quite a few nice defensive plays in this game or the score might have been even higher. Such as Almonte pulling “an Almonte.”
Giovanny Urshela charging hard…
Urshela being plain ridiculous to get the out…
Brantley taking care of business in the field.
Brantley taking care of business at the plate.
Let’s not forget that Jason Kipnis fellow.
Wednesday, August 26
Milwaukee Brewers 2
Cleveland Indians 6
Jimmy Nelson (L, 10-10)
Cody Anderson (ND), Jeff Manship (W, 1-0)
Francisco Lindor is fast. Really fast. Like Oreos left out at a seven year old’s birthday party fast.
Nelson was just giving away free bases all night. Walks, stolen bases, and even a wild pitch to score a run.
The Indians, on the other hand, were not giving anything away for free. In fact, they were taking things away.
Of course, if the Brewers wanted to give them baserunners, then Kipnis has no problem bringing them home.
- No, Toronto doesn’t have that room next offseason either. [↩]