8 - 22 - 10 at Detroit L, 8 - 1 50 - 74
Rarely does a lopsided loss have any positives in it, but the Tribe's 8 - 1 defeat at the hands of the Tigers actually had a few bright spots. First of all, eight of the Indians' nine defensive players played errorless baseball, although Trevor Crowe did make two miscues in center field. Secondly, Jayson Nix twice made incredible catches in foul territory on the third base side. The game's final result, however, was still ugly.
Cleveland held a slim 1 - 0 lead at one point thanks to Shin - Soo Choo's solo dinger to right field in the 1st inning. That would be the only chink in Justin Verlander's armor on this day.
Detroit scored all eight of their tallies in the first three frames as they were able to remove all doubt in a hurry. A former Indian, Jhonny Peralta, aided the onslaught by lacing a two - run single to center that gave the home team the advantage for good. Peralta later added a sacrifice fly.
Jeanmar Gomez could not duplicate the magic he orchestrated in his first major league start, which also came against the Tigers, and this time he got hammered to the tune of eight tallies, seven earned, and he was only able to record 21 outs.
While Gomez was getting battered, Jayson Nix was having his best game at third base. Twice he made catches by reaching over the railing that guards the photo bay area, and the second time he had to reach so far over that he actually flipped, head over heels, over the railing. Yet, he somehow held on, and in so doing, earned himself as much SportsCenter airtime as LeBron James. Well, that is for one day at least.
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