No team in the division era had defeated a single opponent 18 times in one year until Cleveland finished its latest thumping of Detroit. Here's how the record-setting disparity unfolded.
Mike Clevinger pitched six shutdown innings, Franmil Reyes homered in his return to the lineup and the Cleveland Indians moved into a tie for the second AL wild card with a 7-0 win over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night.
Franmil Reyes slugs a long two-run home run into the left-field seats to give the Indians a 4-0 lead over the Tigers in the fourth inning. With Mike Clevinger cruising so far, it appears Cleveland will finish the season 18-1 against Detroit. Since the leagues split into divisions in 1969, no team has won 18 games against another opponent (the Astros also have a chance to do it against the Mariners).
For the first time since breaking his right hand last month, Cleveland third baseman Jose Ramirez took batting practice Thursday.
Yasiel Puig hit an RBI single off the top of the right field wall with two outs in the 10th inning and the Cleveland Indians kept up their playoff push, beating the Detroit Tigers 2-1 Wednesday night.
A broken right wrist ended Jason Kipnis' regular season. He hopes it didn't also end his tenure with the Cleveland Indians.
Adam Plutko pitched six effective innings, rookie Oscar Mercado homered and the Cleveland Indians beat Detroit 7-2 on Tuesday night for their 15th straight victory against the Tigers.
Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis will miss the rest of the season and is expected to need surgery to repair a fracture to the hook of hamate bone in his right hand.
For some, Dodgers-Yankees would be too big, and Rays-Brewers would be too small. So what potential Fall Classic clashes would be just right?
The Cubs, Brewers and Mets are all making a push to snag postseason spots in the Senior Circuit.
Roberto Perez's three-run homer helped the Cleveland Indians salvage the finale of their AL Central showdown series with a 7-5 win over the big-swinging Minnesota Twins, who tied a major league home run record Sunday.
Miguel Sano's grand slam capped a five-run eighth inning and the Minnesota Twins grabbed firm control of the AL Central by beating the Cleveland Indians 9-5, completing a sweep of Saturday's day-night doubleheader.
Five Minnesota pitchers combined to stop Cleveland's offense and the Twins widened their lead in the AL Central by defeating the Indians 2-0 in the first game of Saturday's day-night doubleheader.
The opener of a three-game AL Central showdown series between Minnesota and Cleveland has been postponed by rain.
Reliever James Karinchak was added to the Indians roster on Friday as Cleveland opened a critical three-game series with the AL Central-leading Twins,
We look at why L.A. fans can be optimistic, who can best challenge the Astros and Yankees, and what could swing the NL wild-card race.
Indians are calling up right-handed reliever James Karinchak, a source tells ESPN. In 30.1 minor league innings this season, Karinchak has struck out 74 batters. Yes, 81% of Karinchak's outs have come via strikeout.
An MRI on Indians All-Star closer Brad Hand's left arm came back clean, but manager Terry Francona said he will likely not be available for this weekend's series against AL Central leader Minnesota.
Carlos Santana and Francisco Lindor homered, Carlos Carrasco won in relief and the Cleveland Indians defeated the Los Angeles Angels 4-3 Wednesday night to cap a successful road trip.
Carlos Santana has been huge all season for the Indians and he ties his career high with his 34th home run, sneaking one of the top fence down the right-field line in Anaheim. We're 16 away from the record.
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 94 | 59 | .614 | - | W1 |
| Cleveland | 90 | 63 | .588 | 4 | W4 |
| Chicago | 66 | 86 | .434 | 27.5 | W1 |
| Kansas City | 56 | 98 | .364 | 38.5 | L3 |
| Detroit | 45 | 107 | .296 | 48.5 | L3 |
