Written by Jonathan Knight

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DOWN A NOTCH: Oakland has leapfrogged past the Indians in total home attendance for the season, dropping the Tribe back into 13th place, leading only Tampa Bay in the American League.

SIX FOR SEPTEMBER: Sunday’s win was the Indians’ sixth in the month of September, already surpassing their total for all of August.

ALL-TIME TOTALS: The Indians’ all-time record against the Tigers moved to 1,038-1,071, while their mark against Twins dropped to 377-361.

COLD-COCKED BY CABRERA: Miguel Cabrera hit eight home runs in 18 games against the Indians this season. A year ago, he only homered three times off Cleveland pitchers.

HOMERLESS: The Indians did not hit a home run in the Detroit series.

TWIN KILLING: The Indians lost 12 of the last 16 games they’ve played against the Twins.

NEVER ON SUNDAY: The victory in the finale against the Tigers marked the first time the Indians won on a Sunday since July 1, snapping a string of 10 straight Sundays without a victory.

CLOSING THE WAY THEY STARTED: Tuesday night’s crowd of 10,342 was the smallest to attend a Tribe game since 9,196 showed up on a Monday afternoon on May 7 for the first game of a day/night doubleheader. Tuesday marked the smallest attendance total for a night game since April 24, when 9,137 saw the Indians beat the Royals.

BONUS BASEBALL: Tuesday night brought the Tribe’s first extra-inning game since Aug. 5. Until Thursday, they’d lost their last three games that had gone to extra frames. They now stand at 4-7 beyond regulation on the season.

STILL WINNING THE CLOSE ONES: Incredibly, the Indians are now 22-10 in one-run games. By contrast, in games decided by five runs or more, they’re 10-30.

SEVEN UP: The Indians have scored seven runs in a game four times in the last three weeks. Prior to that, they’d only scored seven runs or more three times in the previous eight weeks.

TRUMPING THE TIGERS: The Tribe finished the season with a winning record against Detroit for the first time since 2008.

BACK TO QUALITY: Sunday’s sterling effort snapped a string of six consecutive outings in which Ubaldo Jimenez failed to notch a quality start.

THREE AND OUT: Sunday was the 14th time this season the Indians won a game in which their opponent scored more than three runs. They now stand at 14-78 on the year in these games.

GO FIGURE: Friday night was Justin Verlander’s first victory over the Indians since Sept. 7 of last season.

ANOTHER GOOSE-EGG: Friday night marked the 10th time this season the Indians have been shut out. They’ve now been held to two runs or less in 50 of their 150 games.

A YEAR AGO: After 150 games in 2011, the Indians stood at 75-75, second place in the AL Central, 12.5 games behind Detroit.

 

PROGRESS REPORT: 

The Indians are averaging 3.99 runs per game and allowing 5.2.

Runs scored: 599 (13th in AL)

Batting average: .247 (9th in AL)

Slugging percentage: .380 (13th in AL)

On-base percentage: .318 (9th in AL)

OPS average: .698 (13th in AL)

Walks: 494 (4th in AL)

Stolen bases: 99 (8th in AL)

Strikeouts: 986 (3rd-fewest in AL)

With runners in scoring position: .234 (292 for 1,248)

 

Runs allowed: 780 (last in AL)

Team ERA: 4.82 (13th in AL)

Walks allowed: 502 (2nd-fewest in AL)

Strikeouts: 1,000 (2nd-fewest in AL)

Opponents with runners in scoring position: .288 (395 for 1,372)

Errors: 87 (5th-fewest in AL)

 

STARTING PITCHERS:

44-73, 5.24 ERA

(849.2 IP, 495 ER)

 

RELIEF PITCHERS:

18-15, 40 saves, 8 blown saves, 3.88 ERA

(473.2 IP, 204 ER)

 

INDIANS’ OVERALL RECORD IN GAMES STARTED BY:

Masterson 14-17 (17 quality starts)

Jimenez 12-18 (13 quality starts)

Lowe 9-12 (13 quality starts)

McAllister 9-11 (9 quality starts)

Tomlin 8-8 (7 quality starts)

Gomez 8-8 (4 quality starts)

Kluber 2-8 (4 quality starts)

Seddon 0-2 (1 quality start)

Hernandez 0-3 (0 quality starts)

Huff 0-1 (0 quality starts)

 

INDIANS’ RECORD WHEN GETTING QUALITY START: 49-19

INDIANS’ RECORD WHEN NOT GETTING QUALITY START: 13-69

 

INDIANS’ RECORD BY UNIFORM:

White Script “Indians”: 18-20

Blue Script “Indians”: 19-25

Gray Block “Cleveland”: 15-27

Creamy white home alternate: 10-16

 

INDIANS’ RECORD BY CAP:

Chief Wahoo Cap: 36-45

Block C Blue Cap: 15-27

Block C Red Cap: 9-16

Red, White & Blue Block C Red Cap: 1-0

Silver Chief Wahoo Cap: 1-0

 

INDIANS’ RECORD BY DAY OF THE WEEK:

Sunday: 7-17

Monday: 9-7

Tuesday: 9-13

Wednesday: 8-15

Thursday: 11-7

Friday: 10-13

Saturday: 8-16

 

ATTENDANCE WATCH: The Indians are averaging 20,142 fans per home game - 13th in the AL.

 

DETROIT SERIES BY THE NUMBERS:

The Tigers outscored the Indians, 15-10. The Indians committed four errors and the Tigers committed one. Three of Detroit’s runs and two of the Indians' were unearned.

 

Overall Hitting

Detroit 26 for 104 (.250), 12 walks, 2 HBP, 1 SF (.336 on-base percentage)

Cleveland 24 for 101 (.238), 8 walks, 2 HBP (.306 on-base percentage)

 

With Runners in Scoring Position

Detroit 10 for 28 (.357), 23 left on base

Cleveland 8 for 23 (.348), 22 left on base

 

Extra-Base Hits

Detroit 7 (2 HR)

Cleveland 8 (0 HR)

 

Stolen Bases

Detroit 3

Cleveland 1 (1 caught stealing)

 

Overall Pitching

Detroit 26.1 IP, 24 H, 8 BB, 23 SO, 8 ER, 2.74 ERA

Cleveland 27 IP, 26 H, 12 BB, 28 SO, 12 ER, 4.00 ERA

 

Starting Pitchers

Detroit 2-0; 18.1 IP, 17 H, 4 BB, 15 SO, 4 ER, 1.96 ERA

Cleveland 0-2; 15.2 IP, 19 H, 9 BB, 15 SO, 8 ER, 4.60 ERA

 

Relief Pitchers

Detroit 0-1, 1 save, 1 blown save; 7.2 IP, 7 H, 4 BB, 8 SO, 4 ER, 4.96 ERA 

Cleveland 1-0, 1 blown save; 11.1 IP, 7 H, 3 BB, 13 SO, 4 ER, 3.18 ERA

 

MINNESOTA SERIES BY THE NUMBERS:

The Twins outscored the Indians, 15-13. The Twins committed three errors and the Indians committed one. Two of the Indians’ runs were unearned.

 

Overall Hitting

Minnesota 35 for 124 (.282), 10 walks, 1 HBP, 1 SF (.338 on-base percentage)

Cleveland 28 for 117 (.239), 9 walks, 2 HBP (.305 on-base percentage)

 

With Runners in Scoring Position

Minnesota 10 for 32 (.313), 28 left on base 

Cleveland 9 for 30 (.300), 24 left on base

 

Extra-Base Hits

Minnesota 9 (2 HR)

Cleveland 6 (3 HR)

 

Stolen Bases

Minnesota 6 (1 caught stealing)

Cleveland 2

 

Overall Pitching

Minnesota 30.1 IP, 28 H, 9 BB, 17 SO, 11 ER, 3.26 ERA

Cleveland 31 IP, 35 H, 10 BB, 22 SO, 15 ER, 4.36 ERA

 

Starting Pitchers

Minnesota 1-0; 16.2 IP, 16 H, 6 BB, 5 SO, 7 ER, 3.78 ERA

Cleveland 0-1; 14.2 IP, 20 H, 4 BB, 11 SO, 7 ER, 4.29 ERA

 

Relief Pitchers

Minnesota 1-1, 2 saves, 1 blown save; 13.2 IP, 12 H, 3 BB, 12 SO, 2 ER, 1.32 ERA 

Cleveland 1-1; 16.1 IP, 15 H, 6 BB, 11 SO, 5 ER, 2.76 ERA

 

UP NEXT: 

at Kansas City Royals [67-81]

(Friday 8:10 p.m.; Saturday 7:10 p.m.; Sunday 2:10 p.m.)

Last year: Indians won season series, 12-6

This year: Royals lead season series, 7-5

 

at Chicago White Sox [81-67]

(Monday 8:10 p.m.; Tuesday 8:10 p.m.; Wednesday 8:10 p.m.)

Last year: White Sox won season series, 11-7

This year: White Sox lead season series, 8-4

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