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Indians Split DH with A's
The Indians took on the A's on Sunday in a game with playoff implications for both teams. The Indians needed a sweep to take the season series and get the tiebreaker against the A's.
Game 1 started out with a bang, almost quite literally, In the bottom of the first, Mike Titlow doubled to get things started and was quickly followed by a bomb by Troy Hensley that went and estimated 375 ft. The Tribe would add two more in the third and one in the fourth to build a 5-3 lead. Things began to unravel for the Indians in the last three frames where A's took the lead for good on thoer way to a 13-7 win over the Tribe.
In game 2 it was Paul Engelken that started the Indians rally in the first. Engelken singled and would move to second on a pass ball. Engelken would score on a single by Travis Gundolff to give the Indians a 1-0 lead. Gundolff would score moments later on a single by Kevin Nims to give the Indians a quick 2-0 lead.
The Second inning would be more of the same. With no outs and two on Everett Coil doubled in 2 runs and would score on a sac fly by Engelken. Now with 2 outs Hensley doubled and would score on an RBI single from Gundolff. Nims picked up his second hit of the game and would be driven in by an RBI double by BJ Tanner to run the Indians lead out to 8-0 after two. The Tribe added two more in the third, three in the fifth and two in the 6th to give the Tribe a 15-6 win.
The split leaves the Indians and the A's tied for the 4th and final playoff spot, with the A's holding the tiebreaker. The Tribe will need some help down the stretch to leapfrog over the A's and grab the final playoff spot.
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