Instant rally puts fans on feet
Standing ovations in baseball are normally reserved for late-inning heroics.The Indians got one in the first inning of Monday night's 10-8 victory over the Detroit Tigers at Jacobs Field.
The crowd of 22,713 stood as one and roared after the Tribe answered Detroit's five-run first by batting around and scoring six in their half of the inning. "It was good to see them support us like that," said Coco Crisp.
The six-run outburst set the tone and sent the Indians (74-58) to their 10th victory in 12 games. They trailed the Yankees (73-56) by a half-game in the chase for a wild card playoff spot and were seven behind Chicago in the Central Division. The Yankees played at Seattle later Monday night.
This was a game in which the Tribe had to overcome a second straight shaky start by Scott Elarton, who was ripped for seven runs on six hits in three innings.
They did it with pop throughout the lineup and with the relief pitching of Fernando Cabrera, Rafael Betancourt, Bob Howry and Bob Wickman. The relief corps combined to give up one run on six hits over the last six innings.
Cabrera (2-0, 1.40 ERA) gave up one run in 2 2/3 innings to pick up the victory.
Wickman got his American League-leading 35th save. As usual, he made it interesting - putting two on in the ninth - but retired Craig Monroe on a close fielder's choice play to end it.
Casey Blake had three hits to knock in one run, but it was Crisp, Ben Broussard and Jhonny Peralta who drove in two apiece with two hits each. Broussard homered - his 14th - and tripled.
The Indians are 46-2 when scoring six or more times.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com
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