The Cleveland Indians offense struggled as they were unable to continue their winning streak in their 4-1 loss to Detroit.
Winning streaks do not last forever. The Cleveland Indians five-game winning streak came to an end Wednesday as they fell to the Tigers by a score of 4-1 in Detroit.
Cleveland only managed to get five hits in the loss compared to Detroit’s 12. Jose Ramirez continues to struggle at the plate as he went 0-4 on the day. Carlos Santana and Hanley Ramirez did rebound as they each got a hit. Hanley Ramirez doubled in Cleveland’s only run of the day in the top of the sixth inning which temporarily brought the Indians within one. Ramirez hit what is probably a single, but was able to stretch it into a double. Leonys Martin would score on the play.
Unfortunately Detroit bounced back from Tuesday’s poor performance. Miguel Cabrera reached on a two out single and that was immediately followed by a two-run home run off the bat of Niko Goodrum. This gave Detroit a 2-0 lead.
After Cleveland cut the lead down to one Detroit answered right back and extended their lead. John Hicks hit a solo home run off of Trevor Bauer to make it 3-1. Josh Harrison would single and bring home Gordon Beckham to score the final run of the game and make the score 4-1.
The glaring issues with Cleveland’s hitting performance is the number of players who went hitless. Jose Ramirez, Jordan Luplow, Tyler Naquin, Jake Bauers, Greg Allen, Max Moroff, Eric Staments and Brad Miller went a combined 0-21. Things will need to change for the series finale Thursday if the Tribe want to come away with a win. Winning a second consecutive series would be quite the feat considering the players currently missing due to injury.
