August 26, 2008
Nineteen and Nine
Cliff Lee wins his 19th game easily as the Indians score ten runs against the Tigers, winning the game by six. Lee showed his usual great control, walking one in 7 2/3 innings as he allowed just two runs. That keeps his ERA at 2.43, and he's looking more and more like the Cy Young winner every start.
The Indians extend their winning streak to nine games. Four home runs tonight gives the team 18 in the nine games. With the win, Cleveland moves past the Tigers into third place, but remain 11 1/2 games behind the White Sox. With 31 games left, the Indians would need to win 26 of those just to reach 90 wins. With only three games left against the Twins and six against the White Sox, Cleveland would need a lot of help to make the playoffs at this point.
Correction: Fixed rank of the Indians.
Posted by David Pinto at
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Put another way... when Lee starts the game, the Indians have a .769 winning percentage (20-6) as opposed to a .419 (44-61) when he doesn't start. Wow.
I think you mean the Indians moved into third place, not first.
I doubt that 90 wins is going to do it even if the Indians get there. When Rox won 21-22 last year to make the playoffs they still only won 89 games. If Boston goes 16-15 the rest of the way they finish with 92 wins.