![]() ![]() The Royals responded with three runs in the fourth inning, but Hannahan’s two-run triple tied it up again. The Indians got on the board first via Jack Hannahan‘s second-inning RBI single. Even better, Jim Thome, one of the best-loved athletes in Cleveland sports history, had just been traded to the Indians as part of their last-ditch attempt to catch Detroit-no one expected him to single-handedly close the gap, but at the very least it was exciting to see him come back and showed that the front office hadn’t given up. The night before, the Tribe had rallied back in the seventh inning to turn what looked like it would be a 1-0 loss into a 2-1 win. 500, 6.5 games behind the Tigers in the AL Central and a full 13.5 games behind in the race for the AL wild card.īut not all hope was lost. The team that had had the best record in baseball earlier in the season had fallen to. ![]() The outlook was bleak for the Indians by the time they took the field against the Royals that evening. Next in the countdown: Asdrubal Cabrera‘s go-ahead home run against the Royals on August 27. This week, we’ll be counting down the top Tribe plays of the 2011 season, as determined by Win Probability Added (check out the FanGraphs Saber Library entry for a full explanation). But before we turn our calendars to 2012, we at Wahoo’s on First wanted to look back at the highlights of the 2011 season. The new year is almost upon us, and with it will come a fresh start and fresh hope for the Cleveland Indians. ![]()
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