“I can show you some of the pictures”, Antonetti said, flipping through cellphone snapshots of the joyous throng in wine and gold. “It’s inspiring. It’s what we’re all working towards, to have another parade”.
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This week (July 17) in 1941, Joe DiMaggio, arguably the greatest centerfielder to play for the New York Yankees, ended his 56-game hitting streak – the longest in baseball history – by hitting into a double play against the Cleveland Indians. “I want to be like: ‘I don’t see LeBron throwing any complete games for us – so they haven’t done anything, really, for us'”. However, they outplayed us. But Kipnis scored on the play, making it a one-run game. Indians 9, Yankees 1. Indians 10, Yankees 1.
Alex Rodriguez, who hadn’t had an at-bat in the first two games of the series, pinch hit for Aaron Hicks.
As they have for much of the season, the Indians fought the good fight Saturday at Progressive Field. But this could finally be the breakthrough the franchise has sought, with a simple but painstakingly executed formula: dependable starting pitching.
“My argument was that the guy (Lindor) ran into was not the guy fielding the ball, Gregorius was”, Francona said. They know they better locate from the first batter on. We made some nice defensive plays. Miller struck out Jose Ramirez and Chapman struck out Juan Uribe to end the inning. Lonnie Chisenhall, following a Francisco Lindor walk, closed the scoring in the inning with a drive into the right field seats for a 4-0 lead.
But the rotation is the Indians’ foundation.
Green is 1-2 with a 7.04 ERA in four appearances (three starts). I went back and looked at it because I wanted to make sure.
Indians: A timetable for when OF Michael Brantley (sore right shoulder) begins a minor league rehab assignment will be decided Sunday. It stokes an unspoken competition between Salazar, Tomlin, Corey Kluber, Carlos Carrasco and Trevor Bauer, but more important, it helps them learn from one another’s habits.
“It probably saves the game”, Girardi said.
“It was a good one to get”, Sabathia said of the victory.
Rotation plans: Rookie starter Chad Green was optioned back to Triple-A, but he will be eligible to return in time to start the fifth game after the All-Star break.
Justin Upton had two hits and Andrew Romine reached three times for the Tigers, who had lost seven of their previous nine against Toronto. Perez has an MLB-high 18 pickoffs since 2011. He led the AL in walks last season and started this season in relief.
Napoli then went to the video room to watch a replay. “He’s a Cy Young for a reason”.
Cleveland is 52-35 on the season, 26-15 at home and 45-35-7 with the over. But Kluber also has two shutouts, and he has thrown three complete games. Callaway called Tomlin’s bullpen outings “Picasso paint sessions”, noting that he almost has as many wins (9) as walks (11). And then there is Salazar’s mystery pitch, which Callaway called one of the best in the majors.
“It’s kind of a pitch that was dumb luck for him”, Callaway said. I just didn’t quite agree with it. …
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On June 29, against the Washington Senators, DiMaggio broke George Sisler’s American League record of hitting safely in 41 consecutive games, and three days later, on July 2, against the Boston Red Sox, he broke the National League record of 44 consecutive games, held by Willie Keeler (and tied by Pete Rose in 1978).
