MLB: Day Fifty-Five

Posted on | May 27, 2007 | No Comments

Friday night the two top teams in the American League Central met and the Cleveland Indians got the best of the Detroit Tigers. The Indians moved a half game ahead of the Tigers with the 7-4 win. Cleveland scored two runs in the first, two more runs in the fourth, and one run in the sixth. However, the Tribe was only up a run as the ninth inning began. Then the Indians put up two more big runs and went on to win the game 7-4.

The New York Yankees welcomed the Angels after the Yanks took two of three from the Red Sox during the week. However, the Angels got the best of the match-up and won 10-6. The Yankees continue to struggle with putting together hitting and pitching. One or the other lets them down nearly every game.

Joe Torre did receive a bit of a vote of confidence from George Steinbrenner. Steinbrenner said in an interview that he has no plans to look into getting a new manager. However, Steinbrenner did say that Yankee’s GM, Brian Cashman, is on a hook and the team must turn things around for his job to be safe.

Making things harder on the New York Yankees and George Steinbrenner is the fact that their cross two rivals, the New York Mets, are doing so well this year. The Mets used a five run ninth inning to beat the Florida Marlins 6-1.

Also in the National League, the Milwaukee Brewers lost again. After a tremendous start, the Brewers have cooled off considerably. They lost their third straight game, and their seventh in the last ten, to the San Diego Padres 8-6.

Lucky for the Milwaukee Brewers that no team in their division is any good. The Cubs are still six games back and they lost on Friday. The Astros are losing games left and right. Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and Cincinnati are all well below .500. Every single team in the National League Central is under .500 in their last ten games. So, though the Brewers might be disappointed and a little concerned about their recent performance, they don’t really need to worry about losing their division lead. At least not yet.

 The New York Yankees must wish that they were in the National League Central instead of the American League East.

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5. MLB: Day Fifty-Seven

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