The Cleveland Indians finished off the sweep of the Detroit Tigers tonight at CoAmerica Park in downtown Detroit by the score of 5-3. Here are my thoughts on the game:
- Another outstanding start by Fausto Carmona. I thought he had great stuff and worked out of some jams. He really was only threatened in the third inning and did a good job of escaping without giving up the lead.
- The big blow was the Garko three run homer. It is very important to get out to a big lead against the Tigers like we did on Friday also because they have a potent offense and you always feel like the Tigers are one big shot away from tying the game.
- Casey Blake's homer was also a big blow and gave us some breathing room after the Tigers got the lead back to within 1.
- Was very nice to see Joe Borowski pick up another save and I thought the whole weekend he pitched as well as he has all year. Also another excellent job by Betancourt pitching a strong 8th inning as well.
- This series sweep is big in instilling confidence in the team that we are better than Detroit. Also, it sends a message to the rest of the AL that the Indians are for real. We finally have some breathing room atop the division. But it only gets tougher now with playing the Red Sox at Fenway. But I think we will play fine since this team really gets up for playing big series against good teams.
The Indians will now head to Boston to play the Red Sox on Monday night at 7:05 with Jeremy Sowers aiming to go for two wins in a row against Curt Schilling.
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