Ahh, those heady spring days of 2011, when the Indians were winning enough
games to delude their front office into believing they could challenge the
Tigers for the division crown. Although to be fair, looking at the
Detroit
lineup on this day, it’s hard to imagine that this would be a 95 win team: Will
Rhymes, Ramon Santiago, and Don Kelly batting in front of Miguel Cabrera? It
would look a lot better with regulars Victor Martinez and Jhonny Peralta in the
lineup for sure.
After each team put up an early two spot, there wouldn’t be many scoring
threats in the third-seventh as only twice did
Cleveland
get a runner into scoring position with less than two outs, while
Detroit
only managed it once. In the eighth, the Tigers chased Justin Masterson by
getting their first two hitters aboard, coaxing a sac fly off of Rafael Perez
to take a 3-2 lead. But Joaquin Benoit did not have it on this day, yielding
three runs to the Tribe. Chris Perez made it interesting in the ninth, but got
Brennan Boesch to fly out on the first pitch with runners at the corner to
“save” the game.
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