The last time our Tribe has won eight games on a road trip was 1998. Really? 1998? That's a long time ago. Like when Jason Kipnis had the first inside the park home run on Wednesday since Jhonny Peralta in 2010. Like, that isn't anything. I remember that.
Do I remember 1998? Heck no, bro. But it looks like we're gonna have to remember it awhile longer, because Indians fell just short of that eight game win mark on Thursday as their road trip game to an end.
INDIANS - 7 | ROYALS - 10
W: Luke Hochevar (2-1)
L: Bryan Shaw (0-2)
S: Greg Holland (19)
There was the first five innings.
And then there was the rest of the game.
I don't know what it is about five innings with Ubaldo Jimenez this year, but, he's a regular Paul Byrd.
I had my preconceived notions about Ken Harrelson. Even though I was a very young kid when he played for the Indians, there’s plenty of information out there today on the flamboyant ballplayer from the 1960s.
It was the 46th run of the night, but perhaps the single most devastating one for the hometown fans still in the house on Chicago's south side, as Nick Swisher crossed home plate, representing the go-ahead run in Game 2 of the Indians traditional doubleheader with the White Sox that concluded in the early hours of Saturday morning in the Central Time Zone. It was the former White Sox player's only hit in the night cap, but the fourth in a four-run ninth inning that saw Chicago closer Addison Reed blow his fourth save of the season.
The number 19 should probably represent Bob Feller when we're talking about Cleveland baseball, but Friday evening's action on the southside of Chicago was drawing comparisons to football scores in Friday's first baseball game of the day. For the folks looking for something special, this was another one of those sneak peaks of the phenom sent to the Indians organization in off-season, and Trevor Bauer's appearance provided a memorable scene.