Detroit Tigers catcher James McCann watches. Cleveland’s 14-game home winning streak was the longest home winning streak by any team in the American League since the Indians won 14 games in a row at home in April and May of 2011.
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Miguel Cabrera lined the first pitch to right for an out. In that game, Fulmer pitched five innings and gave up five runs and 10 hits.
The Cleveland Indians look to complete another sweep of the Detroit Tigers when they meet today at 12:10PM ET.
Two days and another loss later, the Tigers wouldn’t lose to the Indians again.
After missing Tuesday night’s 12-1 bludgeoning because of “flu-like symptoms”, the 24-year-old third baseman didn’t want to tempt fate with breakfast Wednesday morning, either. Cleveland leads Detroit by 7 1/2 games in the AL Central. “It doesn’t really matter”, manager Terry Francona said. “If you do it good enough people start asking those kind of questions”.
Lonnie Chisenhall was 4 for 5 with three RBI while Carlos Santana and Tyler Naquin homered.
Norris managed just two innings of work on Monday in Cleveland while allowing three hits, two earned runs and one walk accompanied by three strikeouts. Cabrera was named as reserve to the AL All-Star team earlier Tuesday.
“They’ve outplayed us”, said Detroit manager Brad Ausmus.
“As a hitter, when you feel like the bat is taken out of your hands, that can push you over the edge”, Ausmus said. “We like to get to him and let him take three good swings”. “They’ve just played better”. Cabrera was justifiably upset, and he was visibly agitated, gesturing and yelling towards the officiating crew after they ruled a fair ball and ground out on a ball that appeared to glance off his shin. It was fielded by third baseman Jose Ramirez, who threw to second attempting to get the forceout. Two of the cutters were close, but they were correctly called by plate umpire Tim Timmons. Cabrera has no home runs and one RBI against the Indians in 2016.2.
“As soon as the ball was hit I felt Moya starting to run”, Lindor said. He has set a new single-season career-high already with 16 home runs and has recorded multihit performances in his four of his last eight games, hitting.406 with three home runs and 10 RBIs during that span.
On Wednesday in Major League Baseball action from Progressive Field, the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians will be finishing up their series.
Making a spot start in Zimmermann’s absence, Anibal Sanchez did not exactly seize his shot at redemption. He was hitless in three at-bats before being ejected. Nick Castellanos has put up 93 hits with 41 runs, 15 homers and 45 RBI. He had surgery for a torn right labrum in November and began the season on the DL. “The dagger was the double play that ended the game”. As soon as I caught it, I swung to third and I wasn’t expecting him to be halfway when I turned. “I bounce back great every day and am nearly unrestricted in baseball activity”.
Fulmer has a 2.11 ERA in 13 starts this season.
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Cleveland will start right-hander Josh Tomlin, who can throw some impressive statistics onto the table as well.
