Jordan Luplow. Come on down.
Different night. Different name. Same result.
For the second night in a row, the Cleveland Indians win in dramatic fashion on a walk-off homerun. The Tribe has now won six of its last seven games and have closed to within 2.5 games of first place in the American League Central.
Somebody hold this…
Guess what guys? I’m starting to get my hopes up. It’s that time of year again. One week from the playoffs and things are starting to come together. Guys are hitting. Guys are pitching. We have some team of destiny shit going on. I’m not sayin’, I’m just sayin’.
Shane Bieber just pitched his last game on the 2020 regular season. He’s going to win the AL Cy Young Award. It should be unanimous. He leads the American League in wins, ERA and strikeouts. Yup, that’ll do it. He wins.
A little more on the walk-offs… That was the 92nd walk-off homer for the Indians since the new ballpark opened in 1994. That’s far and away the most in the league. Luplow is the 48th different Indian to pull the feat. Here is the not-so-exclusive list of member:
- James Howard Thome x8
- Albert Belle x6
- Carlos Santana x6
- Casey Blake x4
- Manny Ramirez x3
- Sandy Alomar x3
- Omar Vizquel x3
- Travis Hafner x3
- Asdrubal Cabrera x3
- Jason Kipnis x3
- Yan Gomes x3
- Kenny Lofton x2
- Paul Sorrento x2
- Eddie Murray x2
- Travis Fryman x2
- Ben Broussard x2
- Matt LaPorta x2
- Jason Giambi x2
- Michael Brantley x2
- Francisco Lindor x2
- Jose Ramirez x2
- Tony Pena
- Julio Franco
- Luis Espinoza
- Alvaro Espinoza
- Brian Giles
- Juan Gonzalez
- Matt Lawton
- Bill Selby
- Josh Bard
- Karim Garcia
- Brandon Phillips
- Aaron Boone
- Jhonny Peralta
- Kelly Shoppach
- Ben Francisco
- Victor Martinez
- Luis Valbuena
- Cord Phelps
- Shin-Soo Choo
- Ryan Raburn
- Michael Bourn
- Nick Swisher
- Zach Walters
- Mike Aviles
- Tyler Naquin – In The Park HR
- Edwin Encarnacion
- Greg Allen
- Jordan Luplow – Tonight
Some of those names bring back some dark memories. Yikes.
The playoff-bound Indians look to sweep the series tomorrow with Plesac.
P.S. Hammy’s call
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