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Cleveland Indians vs. Detroit Tigers
Thursday, September 10, 2015 @ 7:10 ET
TV: STO * Radio: WTAM
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Are the Indians still postseason contenders? I don't think they are. They still have a very reasonable shot at finishing the year with a winning record though. That would be something. It would be three winning seasons in a row, something the Tribe hasn't had during the 2000s. The Indians are currently 68-70, which means winning three of four against the Tigers in this series would get them to .500 for the first time since they were 2-2. It also means a sweep would get th-- well, I can't even bring myself to think about a potential sweep right now. It'd do nice things though.
Alfredo Simon has not been a good pitcher this season. He's got a 4.86 ERA and an ERA+ of just 82. Against the Indians though, he's been Pedro Martinez, sporting a 4-0 record in four starts, with a 1.50 ERA. Regression to the mean might say he's due to give up something like 11 runs in 3 innings tonight.
That sounds pretty good to me.