The Cleveland Baseball Club managed to split the doubleheader, but have been eliminated from playoff contention.
The good news, the Cleveland Baseball Club avoided being swept in a doubleheader for the second time in a row. Unfortunately there is also some bad news, with the 7-2 loss in the first game of their doubleheader with the Chicago White Sox they have been officially eliminated from playoff contention. The last fact is hardly surprising considering the only way that could have been avoided was an all-time run from Cleveland and collapse from the White Sox.
Cleveland did manage to win the second game of the doubleheader 5-3 with Oscar Mercado hitting a two-run walk-off homer in the 7th. The White Sox were not playing their “A” lineup as many of their regulars were absent after clinching the division earlier in the day.
It is now officially wind down the season time for Cleveland since they are now eliminated. Even though the team has been using the bulk of this season to find out about certain players, that is how the remaining 10 games should go. It should be a full-go on playing the young guys and giving the established players lots of time off until the season is over.
There are four home games left in the season, meaning there are just four chances to see the team before they change their name for next season. If wanting to see the stadium as-is prior to the offseason makeover there are only a few chances left to do so as they face the White Sox three more times and a makeup game against the Royals on Monday afternoon.
