Cleveland Indians: Offense and Defense Once Again Lacking

8 - 21 - 10     at Detroit     L, 5 - 2     50 - 73

     As another day goes by, the Indians' woes get worse and worse. Their defense is absolutely awful and their bats never do seem to come alive. That means all of their hopes rest on the starting pitchers, and in this game, that was the rookie, Josh Tomlin. And when your best chance for victory rides on the right arm of a pitcher who has made just a handful of big league starts, you don't really have much chance at all.
     In the top of the 1st inning, it was actually the Tigers who were making the fielding mistakes and it led to an unearned run for the Tribe. With two outs, Will Rhymes booted a routine grounder off the bat of Shin - Soo Choo, and after Choo advanced to second on a wild pitch, Brennan Boesch dropped a fly ball in shallow right field when he tried to go to a slide.
     Cleveland, however, returned the favor in the bottom of the 1st. Tomlin allowed a pair of doubles before uncorking a wild pitch that gave Detroit a tally they never should have gotten.
     The Indians were able to tie the score in the 3rd on a Travis Hafner RBI single, but Jayson Nix's bases - loaded, double play roller took most of the sting out of the comeback.
     The Tigers took complete control of the contest in the 5th when they scored twice. Don Kelly sparked the home team with his solo homer down the right field line, and Austin Jackson followed that up with a two - bagger and he eventually came around to touch home plate.
     Tomlin took his third loss of the season while Max Scherzer was the victor.